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mud monkey

idiom

Refers to a person or a builder using earth, mud, or clay as its main material.


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  1. 01

    brass monkey

    Very cold.

  2. 02

    cheeky monkey

    An impudent person, usually a child.

  3. 03

    drag through the mud

    To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.

  4. 04

    get one's monkey up

    To make someone angry, annoyed or irritated.

  5. 05

    grease monkey

    A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.

  6. 06

    happy as a pig in mud

    Very happy or content.

  7. 07

    like butter on a bald monkey

    Very smooth.

  8. 08

    make a monkey out of

    To cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule.

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