drag through the mud

drag through the mud

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Verb

drag through the mud (third-person singular simple present drags through the mud, present participle dragging through the mud, simple past and past participle dragged through the mud)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.
   • 1999, Mona the Vampire, "Red Moon Monsters" (season 1, episode 6b):

     Red Moon Monster: Ever since that cheesy movie dragged our names through the mud, life hasn't been the same!

Translations

Translations

Catalan: arrossegar pel fang Finnish: vetää lokaan, loata (fi) French: traîner dans la boue (fr) German: in den Dreck ziehen Italian: trascinare nel fango Polish: hańbić (pl) impf, zhańbić pf Russian: смеша́ть с гря́зью impf (smešátʹ s grjázʹju) (mix with mud) Spanish: dejar a la altura del betún