What It Means to Be a ‘Stick in the Mud’
May 01, 2021
People take a mud bath during the "Iron mud" festival in the town of Zheleznovodsk, in Stavropol region, Russia, August 24, 2019. (REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko)
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And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English.
In many places in the world, spring brings a lot of rain. And this can lead to a lot of mud. So today, let’s talk about a mud expression!
What do you think a
stick in the mud is? Well, I’m sure you can imagine a wooden stick … stuck in the mud. But in American English, a stick in the mud is far more than that.