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knee-deep in the Big Muddy

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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. Source: ecdict

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knee-deep bad big chiefly difficult idiomatic judgment leadership mired muddy poor predicament resulting situation stuck

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knee-crooking knee-hi knee-high knee-jerk reflex knee-length

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