stuck in the mud | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Stuck,unabletoprogress.2011February 5,Peter Preston, “The Dead Hand by David E Hoffman – review”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Gorbachev needed to end it because the cost of defence, rising blindly as the army ordered more and more missiles, was bankrupting the Soviet Union. Its economy,stuck in the mudand mired in congenital secrecy, couldn't cope anyway, but the burden of defence profligacy was forcing it to its knees.2012October 2, Phil Hoad, “Bollywood centenary: make a song and dance about it”, inThe Guardian‎[2]:The other studios joining the celebrations might crank up the volume, but perhaps it's the clouds louring overhead –stuck-in-the-mudcreativity, uncertain revenue streams, growing global competition – that are responsible for the muted jubilation.

Examples:

EN: I got on the boat to go down to Saigon you know, to do a little shopping. And, uh, the boat turns back to pick up some elastics or something and gets stuck in the mud.
ES: Quería ir a Saigón de compras y el barco que debía recoger caucho se quedó atrapado en el fango.
EN: On what? That speed boat stuck in the mud?
ES: ¿En esa supe lancha motora?
EN: That means that the bow got stuck in the mud.
ES: Significa que la proa se atascó en el barro.
EN: - My motorcar is stuck in the mud...
ES: - Mi automóvil está enterrado en... - ¿Cómo?
EN: Even on our honeymoon. He saw a man with a car stuck in the mud ... We stopped.
ES: Hasta en la luna de miel... vio un hombre con el coche atrapado en el barro con las ruedas girando...
EN: Be a lesson to him not to get himself stuck in the mud.
ES: Así aprenderá a no quedar atrapado en el barro.
EN: Only a brainless calf would get himself stuck in the mud.
ES: Sólo un ternero descerebrado se quedaría aprisionado en el barro.
EN: If we hadn't got stuck in the mud.
ES: - No sé, puede ser.
EN: And not even blown up - just stuck in the mud.
ES: Y ni siquiera hemos explotado. Hemos quedado atascados como un par de culos gordos en un taburete.
EN: That's easy. Their feet are stuck in the mud.
ES: Es fácil, sus pies están hundidos en el fango.
EN: You saw me stuck in the mud.
ES: Me vistes atrapada en el barro.
EN: Before you get stuck in the mud of his life.
ES: Antes que quedes atrapada en el cieno de esa vida.
EN: I followed him and got stuck in the mud.
ES: Le seguía y me quede atrapado.
EN: The car will just get stuck in the mud.
ES: El coche quedaría atascado en el lodo.
EN: Getting your bike stuck in the mud is bad enough.
ES: Tener su cuerpo atrapado en el lodo es aún peor.

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