English Dictionary

stuck in the mud

形容詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) Stuck, unable to progress.

日本語の意味

前進できず停滞している状態を指す。 / 物事が行き詰まり、進展が見られない状態。

After months of trying new strategies without success, our project still feels stuck in the mud.

何か月も新しい戦略を試したがうまくいかず、私たちのプロジェクトは依然として停滞している。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) Stuck, unable to progress.

Gorbachev needed to end it because the cost of defence, rising blindly as the army ordered more and more missiles, was bankrupting the Soviet Union. Its economy, stuck in the mud and mired in congenital secrecy, couldn't cope anyway, but the burden of defence profligacy was forcing it to its knees.

more stuck in the mud （ comparative ）

most stuck in the mud （ superlative ）