zmieszać z błotem

Meaning: To harshly criticize or verbally attack someone; to tear them apart.

Language: Polish

Literally: to mix with mud

Category: Nature

Origin: The image of sullying or degrading someone by grinding them into mud; treating them as worthless.

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wąchać kwiatki od spodu — To be dead; to push up daisies.
через огонь, воду и медные трубы — To endure any hardship or ordeal without hesitation; to go through anything for someone o…
за тридевять земель — An extremely distant, remote place; somewhere impossibly far away.
в лес дрова возить — to do something pointless or redundant; to offer something to someone who already has ple…
Avoir le vent en poupe — To be doing very well; everything is going your way.
Avoir la tête dans les nuages — To be a daydreamer; out of touch with reality.

rozłożyć ręce — To give up; to throw up one's hands in admission of defeat or inability to act.
bez owijania w bawełnę — Bluntly and directly, without softening or sugarcoating one's words.
nie dać żyć — To make someone's life so difficult and burdensome that they cannot function normally.
strzyc uszami — To prick up one's ears; to listen intently.
zamiatać pod dywan — To conceal or hide a problem rather than address it directly.
cud miód — Something delicious, wonderful, or excellent.

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