name is mud

[name is mud] {informal} (You) are in trouble; a person is blamed or no longer liked. — Used in the possessive.

* /If you tell your mother I spilled ink on her rug my name will be mud./

* /Your name will be mud if you tell the teacher about the bad thing we did./

Compare: IN THE DOG HOUSE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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