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Meaning of one's name is mud | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

One is unpopular, in disgrace or embroiled in scandal; one's reputation is tarnished.

idiomatic, informal

Examples

His name will be mud once people learn the truth about why he was fired.”
“My name is Mud / Not to be confused with Bill, or Jack, or Pete, or Dennis / My name is Mud, it's always been / 'Cause I'm the most boring sonsabitch you've ever seen / I dress in blue, yes, navy blue from head to toe / I'm rather drab, except my patent shoes / I make 'em shine, well, most the time
Thanks to disastrously unpopular attempts by the likes of BuzzFeed to create AI-assisted content, its name is mud in the media industry.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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