КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «SOMEONE'S NAME IS MUD»
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
The expression someone's name is mud, 'someone is in disgrace or unpopular',
draws on an 18thand 19th-century slang use of mud meaning 'a stupid or foolish
person'. As clear as mud is found from the early 19th century; drag through the ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
This early 20th-century expression is often used as an aside to recommend
reticence about a particular subject. put a name to know or manage to remember
what someone or something is called. someone's name is mud: see MUD.
something ...
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Name dropping Deliberately and boastfully making mention of famous or
influential people who are personal acquaintances.* Name is mud If someone's
name is mud, then they are in disgrace.* Name ofthe game The features ofthe
situation ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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Gabay's Copywriters' Compendium
... ...or my name's not Brand origins: ...who shall remain nameless Call someone
names Drop names Give one's name to In all but name In heaven's name Name
and shame Name names Put a name to Someone's name is mud Take my (your)
...
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Gabay's Copywriters' Compendium- Revised Edition in Paperback
... ...or my name's not Brand origins: ...who shall remain nameless Call someone
names Drop names Give one's name to In all but name In heaven's name Name
and shame Name names Put a name to Someone's name is mud Take my (your)
...
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Gabay's Copywriters' Compendium: The Definitive Professional ...
... ...or my name's not Brand origins: ...who shall remain nameless Call someone
names Drop names Give one's name to In all but name In heaven's name Name
and shame Name names Put a name to Someone's name is mud Take my (your)
...
It's no accident that saying someone's “name is mud” is a popular way of
expressing that the person has lost respect. Movie stars develop stage names,
and Fortune 500 companies spend millions of dollars to develop names for
themselves, ...
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Why did the chicken cross the road? Ovvero funny tales, true ...
Why is it a sign of contempt to say someone's name is "mud"? The man who
assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, broke his leg
during his escape from Ford's Theater. Booth stopped by a country doctor's office,
who ...
Paolo Agnoli, Patrizia Di Nicola, 2001
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Hymning and Hawing about America: A Few Symbol-Minded Essays
To say that someone's “name is mud” is figuratively to eradicate the owner. An
American speaking of the crux or essence of any pursuit will probably say “That's
the name of the game.” Obviously, James Russell Lowell was onto something ...
