muck

Related to muck: muck up, muck soil

(as) happy as a pig in muck

Very joyful and contented. Primarily heard in UK. Look at your sister out there on the field! She's happy as a pig in muck now that she's back in the team's starting lineup again. I know I'll be as happy as a pig in muck once I get this stupid cast off my leg.

as common as muck

Low-class. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Considering she's wearing an outfit like that in public, she must be as common as muck.

high muckamuck

slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. (Sometimes shortened to simply "muckamuck.") "All hail the high muckamuck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the dictator's motorcade rolled by. We're just waiting for the high muckamuck to give us the green light before we get the project started.

high muckety muck

slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the high muckety muck to give us the green light before we get the project started. "All hail the high muckety muck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the dictator's motorcade rolled by.

high mucky-muck

slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the high mucky-muck to give us the green light before we get the project started. "All hail the high mucky-muck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the dictator's motorcade rolled by.

Lady Muck

An average or ordinary woman who has pretentions of being more important or of a higher class than those around her. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Here comes Lady Muck again, swanning in like the Queen of England, expecting everyone to stop what they're doing just for her.

Lord Muck

An average or ordinary man who has pretentions of being more important or of a higher class than those around him. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Here comes Lord Muck again, swanning in like the King of England, expecting everyone to stop what they're doing just for him.

make a muck of (something)

To ruin, bungle, or spoil something. Primarily heard in UK. I really made a muck of that project at work—I'm going to get fired for sure! I'm afraid the accounting department made a complete muck of these numbers. We'll need to tally the entire ledger again.

muck about

1. To be idle or do something without much purpose. Quit mucking about and help me take out the trash! What are you doing mucking about with those knuckleheads? You're going to get into trouble.

2. To meddle, interfere, or fiddle (with something), especially in a careless or thoughtless manner. Please don't muck about with the thermostat, I have it set exactly the way I want it. I've been mucking about with the melody but haven't been able to get it quite right.

3. To say or do something in a playful, jocular manner. There's a group of boys who always spend the whole class mucking about. Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I was only mucking about!

4. To treat someone poorly or carelessly, especially in a deceptive or misleading manner. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "muck" and "about." Their customer service team has been mucking me about for the last few days about this issue. You can't muck about your employees like that. They deserve to know

muck around

1. To be idle or do something without much purpose. Quit mucking around and help me take out the trash! After the stressful week that I had, I'm looking forward to just mucking around the house for the weekend. What are you doing mucking around with those knuckleheads? You're going to get into trouble.

2. To meddle, interfere, or tweak, often in an uncareful or casual way. Please don't muck around with the thermostat, I have it set exactly the way I want it. I've been mucking around with the melody but haven't been able to get it quite right.

muck in

To join in with others to contribute, help, or assist; to pitch in. The only way we're going to get this done on time is if everyone mucks in and gives it their all. The whole town is mucking in to get the new community center up and running.

muck out

To clean the place where an animal lives or is kept, especially by removing excrement, soiled materials, food waste, etc. A noun or pronoun can be used between "muck" and "out." I was given the unenviable task of mucking out the horses' stables when I spent the summer on the ranch. The pigpen gets absolutely putrid if you don't muck it out every day.

muck up

To ruin or mess something up. A noun or pronoun can be used between "muck" and "up." Boy, you really mucked up this report, and I don't have time to fix it right now.

See also: muck, up

muckety muck

slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. Sometimes hyphenated. We're just waiting for the muckety mucks in upper management to give us the green light before we get the project started. "All hail the muckety-muck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the CEO walked by.

muck-raking

1. adjective Characterized by trying to find out unpleasant information about someone, so as to damage their public reputation. Used before a noun. I think your "newspaper" is just gossipy trash written by muck-raking vultures.

2. noun The act of gathering such information. I hate the muck-raking that goes on ad nauseum during an election season.

treat (one) like muck

To treat one as if they were worthless; to treat one with contempt or with no respect. I'm tired of you treating me like muck, like I don't matter. I went to that store to buy a dress but they treated me like muck just because I wasn't already wearing expensive clothes.

where there's muck, there's brass

proverb There is profit to be made from the jobs that other people think are unpleasant and do not want to do. I started a portable toilet business because I knew that where there's muck, there's brass.

(lord) high muck-a-muck

Rur. a very important person. (Humorous.) Jim's acting like he's some kind of lord high muck-a-muck. What's gotten into him? Mary got a promotion, so now she's a real high muck-a-muck.

muck something up

to ruin something. I should never have trusted Jim with the repair work. He was bound to muck it up. I asked her to take over for me while I was gone, and she really mucked it up. She mucked up the whole deal.

See also: muck, up

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

muck up

Bungle, damage, make a mess of, as in Don't let him write the review; he's sure to muck it up. This idiom alludes to the verb muck in the sense of "spread manure on." [Early 1900s] For a synonym, see foul up.

See also: muck, up

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

common as muck

BRITISH, OFFENSIVE

If you say that someone is as common as muck, you mean that they are lower-class and not sophisticated. Leary guessed correctly that his guests were as common as muck and planned the menu accordingly.

happy as a pig in muck

BRITISH, INFORMAL

If you are happy as a pig in muck, you are very happy. From day one I adored it. I was as happy as a pig in muck. Note: This expression has several variations. For example, some people talk about being happy as a pig in shit. I'd much rather be as I am, I couldn't imagine being any different. Happy as a pig in shit. Frankly, I was like a pig in shit — oh, how I revelled in the opportunity of standing next to famous people!

Lady Muck

a haughty or socially pretentious woman. British informal

as common as muck

of low social status. British informal

make a muck of

handle incompetently; bungle. British informal

where there's muck there's brass

dirty or unpleasant activities are also lucrative. proverb

where there’s ˌmuck there’s ˈbrass

(British English, saying) used to say that somebody has made a lot of money from an unpleasant or a dirty business activity: When they saw his enormous house and flash car they looked at each other, both thinking ‘Where there’s muck there’s brass.’

Muck is dirt or mud. Brass is an old-fashioned word for ‘money’.

muck around

or muck about

To spend time idly; putter: We spent our summer afternoons mucking around in the fields and ponds. I stayed home and mucked around all day.

muck up

v. Slang

1. To make something dirty or contaminated, especially with mud, grime, or a similar substance: Don't step in that puddle; you'll muck up your shoes. The gears in the car's transmission were all mucked up.

2. To make some liquid unclear or unusable by stirring up elements settled on the bottom: Unfortunately, all the dredging in the river has mucked up the water so much that we can't go swimming. The rains mucked the water up, making it difficult for scuba divers to see.

3. To make something unusable by disrupting what should remain undisturbed: I tried to incorporate these ideas into my paper at the last minute, but all they did was to muck it up. The editor stopped the author from mucking up the book with needless revisions.

See also: muck, up

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

high mucky-muck

(...ˈməkimək)

n. an important person; the person in charge. When the high mucky-mucks meet, they will decide what to do about the problem.

muck something up

tv. to mess something up; to ruin something. Try not to muck it up this time.

词组	muck
释义	muck Related to muck: muck up, muck soil (as) happy as a pig in muck Very joyful and contented. Primarily heard in UK. Look at your sister out there on the field! She's happy as a pig in muck now that she's back in the team's starting lineup again. I know I'll be as happy as a pig in muck once I get this stupid cast off my leg. See also: happy, muck, pig as common as muck Low-class. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Considering she's wearing an outfit like that in public, she must be as common as muck. See also: common, muck high muckamuck slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. (Sometimes shortened to simply "muckamuck.") "All hail the high muckamuck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the dictator's motorcade rolled by. We're just waiting for the high muckamuck to give us the green light before we get the project started. See also: high, muckamuck high muckety muck slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the high muckety muck to give us the green light before we get the project started. "All hail the high muckety muck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the dictator's motorcade rolled by. See also: high, muck, muckety high mucky-muck slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the high mucky-muck to give us the green light before we get the project started. "All hail the high mucky-muck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the dictator's motorcade rolled by. See also: high Lady Muck An average or ordinary woman who has pretentions of being more important or of a higher class than those around her. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Here comes Lady Muck again, swanning in like the Queen of England, expecting everyone to stop what they're doing just for her. See also: lady, muck Lord Muck An average or ordinary man who has pretentions of being more important or of a higher class than those around him. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Here comes Lord Muck again, swanning in like the King of England, expecting everyone to stop what they're doing just for him. See also: lord, muck make a muck of (something) To ruin, bungle, or spoil something. Primarily heard in UK. I really made a muck of that project at work—I'm going to get fired for sure! I'm afraid the accounting department made a complete muck of these numbers. We'll need to tally the entire ledger again. See also: make, muck, of muck about 1. To be idle or do something without much purpose. Quit mucking about and help me take out the trash! What are you doing mucking about with those knuckleheads? You're going to get into trouble. 2. To meddle, interfere, or fiddle (with something), especially in a careless or thoughtless manner. Please don't muck about with the thermostat, I have it set exactly the way I want it. I've been mucking about with the melody but haven't been able to get it quite right. 3. To say or do something in a playful, jocular manner. There's a group of boys who always spend the whole class mucking about. Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I was only mucking about! 4. To treat someone poorly or carelessly, especially in a deceptive or misleading manner. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "muck" and "about." Their customer service team has been mucking me about for the last few days about this issue. You can't muck about your employees like that. They deserve to know See also: muck muck around 1. To be idle or do something without much purpose. Quit mucking around and help me take out the trash! After the stressful week that I had, I'm looking forward to just mucking around the house for the weekend. What are you doing mucking around with those knuckleheads? You're going to get into trouble. 2. To meddle, interfere, or tweak, often in an uncareful or casual way. Please don't muck around with the thermostat, I have it set exactly the way I want it. I've been mucking around with the melody but haven't been able to get it quite right. See also: around, muck muck in To join in with others to contribute, help, or assist; to pitch in. The only way we're going to get this done on time is if everyone mucks in and gives it their all. The whole town is mucking in to get the new community center up and running. See also: muck muck out To clean the place where an animal lives or is kept, especially by removing excrement, soiled materials, food waste, etc. A noun or pronoun can be used between "muck" and "out." I was given the unenviable task of mucking out the horses' stables when I spent the summer on the ranch. The pigpen gets absolutely putrid if you don't muck it out every day. See also: muck, out muck up To ruin or mess something up. A noun or pronoun can be used between "muck" and "up." Boy, you really mucked up this report, and I don't have time to fix it right now. See also: muck, up muckety muck slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. Sometimes hyphenated. We're just waiting for the muckety mucks in upper management to give us the green light before we get the project started. "All hail the muckety-muck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the CEO walked by. See also: muck, muckety muck-raking 1. adjective Characterized by trying to find out unpleasant information about someone, so as to damage their public reputation. Used before a noun. I think your "newspaper" is just gossipy trash written by muck-raking vultures. 2. noun The act of gathering such information. I hate the muck-raking that goes on ad nauseum during an election season. treat (one) like muck To treat one as if they were worthless; to treat one with contempt or with no respect. I'm tired of you treating me like muck, like I don't matter. I went to that store to buy a dress but they treated me like muck just because I wasn't already wearing expensive clothes. See also: like, muck, treat where there's muck, there's brass proverb There is profit to be made from the jobs that other people think are unpleasant and do not want to do. I started a portable toilet business because I knew that where there's muck, there's brass. See also: brass Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. (lord) high muck-a-muck Rur. a very important person. (Humorous.) Jim's acting like he's some kind of lord high muck-a-muck. What's gotten into him? Mary got a promotion, so now she's a real high muck-a-muck. See also: high muck something up to ruin something. I should never have trusted Jim with the repair work. He was bound to muck it up. I asked her to take over for me while I was gone, and she really mucked it up. She mucked up the whole deal. See also: muck, up McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. muck up Bungle, damage, make a mess of, as in Don't let him write the review; he's sure to muck it up. This idiom alludes to the verb muck in the sense of "spread manure on." [Early 1900s] For a synonym, see foul up. See also: muck, up The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. common as muck BRITISH, OFFENSIVE If you say that someone is as common as muck, you mean that they are lower-class and not sophisticated. Leary guessed correctly that his guests were as common as muck and planned the menu accordingly. See also: common, muck happy as a pig in muck BRITISH, INFORMAL If you are happy as a pig in muck, you are very happy. From day one I adored it. I was as happy as a pig in muck. Note: This expression has several variations. For example, some people talk about being happy as a pig in shit. I'd much rather be as I am, I couldn't imagine being any different. Happy as a pig in shit. Frankly, I was like a pig in shit — oh, how I revelled in the opportunity of standing next to famous people! See also: happy, muck, pig Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. Lady Muck a haughty or socially pretentious woman. British informal See also: lady, muck as common as muck of low social status. British informal See also: common, muck make a muck of handle incompetently; bungle. British informal See also: make, muck, of where there's muck there's brass dirty or unpleasant activities are also lucrative. proverb See also: brass, muck Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary where there’s ˌmuck there’s ˈbrass (British English, saying) used to say that somebody has made a lot of money from an unpleasant or a dirty business activity: When they saw his enormous house and flash car they looked at each other, both thinking ‘Where there’s muck there’s brass.’ Muck is dirt or mud. Brass is an old-fashioned word for ‘money’. See also: brass, muck Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary muck around or muck about v. To spend time idly; putter: We spent our summer afternoons mucking around in the fields and ponds. I stayed home and mucked around all day. See also: around, muck muck up v. Slang 1. To make something dirty or contaminated, especially with mud, grime, or a similar substance: Don't step in that puddle; you'll muck up your shoes. The gears in the car's transmission were all mucked up. 2. To make some liquid unclear or unusable by stirring up elements settled on the bottom: Unfortunately, all the dredging in the river has mucked up the water so much that we can't go swimming. The rains mucked the water up, making it difficult for scuba divers to see. 3. To make something unusable by disrupting what should remain undisturbed: I tried to incorporate these ideas into my paper at the last minute, but all they did was to muck it up. The editor stopped the author from mucking up the book with needless revisions. See also: muck, up The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. high mucky-muck (...ˈməkimək) n. an important person; the person in charge. When the high mucky-mucks meet, they will decide what to do about the problem. See also: high muck something up tv. to mess something up; to ruin something. Try not to muck it up this time. See also: muck, something, up McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: (as) happy as a pig in muck happy as a pig in muck slop (as) happy as a pig in slop (as) happy as a pig in mud clam happy as a clam (as) happy as a clam happy as the day is long/as a clam/as Larry Larry References in periodicals archive Muck has also experimented with a bacterial strain originally isolated by scientists in Great Britain. Spying on silage inoculants Stornoway coastguards can reach Muck in 40 minutes and a doctor based on Eigg arrives by speed boat. LADY MUCK; (Must like living on remote island, population Scottish 40, no pub, dodgy power) "Lady Muck Cleaning is a very ambitious business and Kath's determination and drive is therefore a perfect match with our company ethos and mission." Lady Muck's new director They never seem to be troubled by mud, muck, or grass stains. MY LIFE; My Place The Run A Muck garden composting scheme in Moseley has collected more than 2,000 tonnes of garden waste over the past three years with its fortnightly kerbside collection service. South City News: Muck movers on the move; MOSELEY: Farewell to popular garden recycling scheme Mrs Muck continued to run over fences for a while, but she was back over hurdles long before the end of the season. Down the years From July 1 muck heaps will attract fees of up to pounds 500 a year under new government legislation, which has caught the equine industry unawares. Horse businesses cry foul on manure tax; Composting permit could cost up to pounds 500 Tina, 21, and Ryan, 20, also helped muck out at the sanctuary in Cheshire. Pets and their People: HEY CUTE ASS, TINA! The stalls have been set up at the Nuneaton hospital by the George Eliot Diabetes Support Group and Cllr Hancox has been happy to roll up his sleeves and muck in. Charity stall's new helper ISLANDERS have reacted with fury over claims that Blackpool is a better place to bring up children than Muck in the Inner Hebrides. Muck kids 'better off' in Blackpool; Fury at social work slur on isle Where there's muck there's brass and that is certainly the case for Nigel Twiston-Davies. Ashley can continue in Madam's footsteps Set up by husband and wife team Claire and Ross Porter, Lady Muck Cleaning specialises in domestic and commercial cleaning. Lady Muck sweeps into action DOG muck is still creating a stink throughout Kirklees. Taking the dog for a walk in the woods; Mailbag letters also appear online at www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters Mailbag And when the muck starts flying, the Tories - the party for whom the word sleaze could have been invented - need a good reminder that they should stand well away from nearby electric fans. Record View: Tories all at sea over yacht trip MUCK founder John Glennon says: "We are by no means trying to compete with other established nights. Arts: Bowled over by laughs
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