The mud monkey built a small wall with wet clay.
mud monkey
idiomRefers to a person or a builder using earth, mud, or clay as its main material.
The local mud monkey spent all afternoon mixing earth and straw to repair the garden fence.
As a skilled mud monkey, he favored traditional techniques, using only natural clay and river silt to construct the cottage walls.
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brass monkey
Very cold.
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cheeky monkey
An impudent person, usually a child.
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drag through the mud
To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.
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get one's monkey up
To make someone angry, annoyed or irritated.
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grease monkey
A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.
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happy as a pig in mud
Very happy or content.
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like butter on a bald monkey
Very smooth.
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make a monkey out of
To cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule.