stuck in the mud
Speech parts
1. stuck in the mud - Noun
2. stuck in the mud - Adjective
Meaning
stuck in the mud (comparative more stuck in the mud, superlative most stuck in the mud)
(idiomatic) Stuck, unable to progress.
stuck in the mud (uncountable)
A variant of the children's game of touch or tag in which a tagged player stands with arms and legs apart, and people crawling under such a player cannot be tagged.
Examples
In June 1970, a big earth-moving machine got stuck in the mud. It sank so far as to be out of sight. It cost much money to get it out. Who is to pay the cost?
Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick.
The elephant that is stuck in the mud will tear down the tree with it.