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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.

muckety muck

slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the muckety muck to give us the green light before we get the project started.

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.

muckety-muck

slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the muckety-muck to give us the green light before we get the project started. "All hail the muckety-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.

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

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.

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 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.

(as) happy as a pig in muck

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

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.

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.

(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.

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.

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.

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 1. noun 1 semen UK, 1997. 2 any unpleasant, vile or disgusting thing to eat or drink UK, 1882. 3 bad weather UK, 1855. 4 stage makeup US, 1926. 5 in poker, the pile of discarded cards US, 1990.► as muckvery, exceedingly. Especially used in the phrase 'common as muck' UK, 1782.► make a muck ofto ruin UK, 1906 2. verb 1 in poker, to fold, to discard your hand UK, 2003. 2 in a casino, to spread playing cards on the table and move them randomly as part of the shuffling process US, 2003 idiommucksb is (as) common as muck BrEBrEspoken an insulting but usually humorous expression used in order to say that someone behaves in a way that you think is typical of a person from a low social class:Those kids and their mother are all as common as muck - you should hear the way they talk to each other.She's as common as muck, that Vera from next door - the skirts she wears barely cover her knickers.where there's muck there's brass BrEBrEold-fashioned used in order to say that the best way to make a lot of money is from businesses such as mines, factories etc that are ugly and dirty:Where there's muck there's brass, and there was certainly money to be made during the early years of the Industrial Revolution. phrasemuck[mucked, mucked, mucking] muck about/around 1. muck about/around BrE informal to behave in a silly way when you should be behaving sensibly: Stop mucking about, Ben, and come and sit here! I'd been mucking around with my mates so the teacher tried to kick me out of the classroom.■ SIMILAR TO: mess around/about informal, fool around AmE informal2. muck about/around BrE informal to have fun by doing whatever you want to do, rather than doing anything organized: We spent most of our time mucking around on the beach. Pupils at Kensington infants' school are having a marvellous time just mucking about.■ SIMILAR TO: mess around/about informal3. muck sb about/around BrE informal to make things difficult for someone or treat them badly, especially by changing your mind or plans a lot without considering them: "You ought to be sorry for mucking your family around like that," said Patsy. I'm sorry for mucking you around, but I can't make Friday after all.■ SIMILAR TO: mess around/about informal muck about/around with muck about/around with sth informal, especially BrE to touch something that is not yours, or to change something that does not need to be changed: I wish you wouldn't muck about with the things in my room. They're always mucking about with the bus timetables! muck in muck in BrE informal to share whatever work needs doing in order to help get it done, especially in a cheerful way: The members of a family should share the domestic duties and muck in together. Everybody mucked in and helped clean the place up. muck out muck out • muck out sth • *muck sth* out** BrE to clean the place where a horse or a farm animal lives: There's a lot of hard work involved in having a horse - mucking out, feeding and grooming. Charles spent a week working with a farmer - he even mucked out cattle yards and fed the pigs. muck up 1. muck up sth • *muck sth* up** informal, especially BrE to spoil something, especially an arrangement or plan: When Mark failed to turn up on time, it totally mucked up our plans. Bob had got his own life sorted out by then, and he didn't want Jody coming back and mucking things up.■ SIMILAR TO: mess up informal, screw up informal2. muck up sth • *muck sth* up** informal, especially BrE to do something very badly, so that you fail to succeed or achieve something: Lisa aimed the gun carefully, anxious not to muck up her second shot. I was amazed when I got an `A' in History. I thought I'd really mucked it up.muck-up n C when someone does something badly or fails to do something: I made a real muck-up of my French exam.3. muck up sth • *muck sth* up** BrE informal to make something dirty or untidy: Take those boots off or you'll muck up my clean floor. I don't want to let the house to students - they'll only muck it up. 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. muckety muck slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the muckety muck to give us the green light before we get the project started. 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. muckety-muck slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the muckety-muck to give us the green light before we get the project started. "All hail the muckety-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. 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 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. 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 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. (as) happy as a pig in muck Very joyful and contented. Primarily heard in UK. Look at your sister out there! She's happy as a pig in muck now that she's back in the starting lineup again. I know I'll be as happy as a pig in muck once I get this stupid cast off my leg. 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. 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. (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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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.
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