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Thesaurus: knee-deep in the Big Muddy

knee-deep in the Big Muddy (chiefly US, idiomatic) Stuck in a predicament; mired in a difficult situation, especially one resulting from poor judgment or bad leadership.

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  1. knee-deep in the Big Muddy (chiefly US, idiomatic) Stuck in a predicament; mired in a difficult situation, especially one resulting from poor judgment or bad leadership.