Meaning of mud on one's boots | Babel Free

Definitions

Practical experience.

figuratively, uncountable

Examples

“The civil engineer, for all his skills, is still often known as the man with mud on his boots.”

“I used to place architects on a higher level, well above someone like me who works with his hands and gets mud on his boots.”

“Cook never attained meaningful practical experience, but Herron loved site mud on his boots.”

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