| 单词 | clear as mud |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(as) clear as mud a. (as) clear as mud: †(a) used as an intensifier (cf. Phrases 2b) (obsolete); (b) not clear at all; completely unintelligible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > offering nothing intelligible [phrase] to have neither head nor foot (also feet)1567 (as) clear as mud1805 top or tail- 1805 G. Colman John Bull ii. ii. 28 Don't be bothering my brains, then, or you'll get it as clear as mud. 1809 A. B. Lindsley Love & Friendship 8 You'd beet dady's old leaden hoss all holler; darn my skin, 'f you wouldn't dewe it clear as mud. 1817 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South II. 34 As clear as mud,—as we used to say of Doctor ——'s metaphysics. 1842 R. H. Barham Merchant of Venice in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 57 The words are ‘A pound of flesh’,—that's clear as mud. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse My Man Jeeves 213 ‘It seems a little obscure at present, sir, but no doubt it becomes clearer at a later point in the communication.’ ‘It becomes clear as mud!’ 1960 B. Kops Dream of Peter Mann 36 Alex: No matter how high you jump you always return to earth. Never lose sight of it, or you might come down with a bump. Is that quite clear? Peter: Clear as mud. 1990 Marxism Today June 7/2 What this really means, of course, is still as clear as mud. < as lemmas |
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