我们今天要讲的两个习惯用语其中的关键词是mud。大家也许知道mud是泥浆。今天要学的第一个习惯用语是：a stick-in-the-mud。Stick这个词在这儿显然是名词，名词stick最普通的意思是棍棒。 棍棒能牢牢地插在泥地里，没有松动的余地，当然a stick in the mud这个习惯 ...

For a better experience on your device, try our mobile site. BBC UKChina 手机版 Tourists having fun in the mud during the 15th annual mud festival on Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Korea. Photo by Ahn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 22—We were having a family dinner on a recent Sunday and something came up about an event that the females at the table ...

Your correspondents Steve Champion and Carol Primrose offer differing explanations for the origin of the term “wrong end of the stick” (12 February, p 27). I believe that both are correct, and that ...