phr. (as) common as muck 〈英口〉
1. 常见；普遍
2. 举止粗俗；没有教养；社会地位低下
When she starts talking you'll realize that she's as common as muck. 她一开口，你就会知道这人缺乏教养。
drag through the muck 〈口〉玷污；诋毁
Your behaviour is causing our reputation to be dragged through the muck. 你的行为在玷污我们的名声。
make a muck of 〈英口〉
1. 把…弄脏
2. 把…弄糟；打乱(安排等)
muck about (或 around) 〈英口〉
1. 闲荡；混日子
He was not working, just mucking about. 他不是在干活，只是混日子。
2. 胡闹
Stop mucking about! 别再胡闹了!
3. (和…)鬼混 (with)
muck about with sb.'s wife 和某人的妻子鬼混
4. 耍弄；瞎弄 (with)
Give me a straight answer, don't muck me about! 给我一个干脆的回答，不要耍弄我。
Who's been mucking the tools around? Some of them are damaged. 谁老是在瞎弄这些工具?有的已经损坏了。
Someone has been mucking about with my bicycle. 有人在摆弄我的自行车。
Muck and money go together. 〈谚〉发财别怕脏，怕脏不发财。(意指邋遢且不考究衣食住行者常致富)
muck in 〈英口〉
1. 吃，进餐
2. 一起出力，一起干活；和…打成一片
We all mucked in and soon finished the job. 我们大家一起干，很快就完成了工作。
The company all mucked in, taking small or big parts. 全团都参加了，或演小角色，或担当重要角色。
muck in to all student activities 参加所有的学生活动
3. (和…)分享部队口粮 (with)
4. (和…)住在一起 (with)
I mucked in with Jim till I found a flat of my own. 我和吉姆住在一起，直到自己找到一套公寓房子。
5. (和…)交往(或合作) (with)
He's a lone wolf: never mucks in with the others. 他是个独来独往的人，从来不和他人交往。
muck out 1. 〈主英〉打扫(畜舍)；打扫(六畜)的畜舍；打扫畜舍
I've mucked out the henhouses. 鸡舍我已打扫过了。
muck out the pigs 打扫猪圈
He didn't believe in mucking out too often. 他认为畜舍不宜勤扫。
2. (在挖掘或采矿中)清除(矸石、废石)
After each blast they mucked out the rock. 每次爆炸后，他们都把废石清除掉。
muck up 〈口〉
1. 把…弄脏
muck up the floor 弄脏地板
2. 把…弄糟；打乱(安排、时间表等)
The director mucked up the film by changing the ending. 导演改变了故事的结局，结果把这部电影弄得一团糟。
I've taken my driving test twice, and both times I've mucked it up. 我参加过两次驾驶考试，两次成绩都很糟。
You've mucked up my plans for the evening. 你打乱了我今晚的计划。
Where there's muck there's brass. 〈谚〉要致富别怕脏。(意指干某些脏活也能使人致富)