stuck in mud
Wheels spinning uselessly
Stuck in mud describes being unable to move forward, literally when wheels or feet sink into soft ground and can't gain traction.
The phrase extends naturally to situations of impasse or stagnation: The project has been stuck in mud for months.
Someone stuck in mud needs outside help or a change in approach to get moving again.
- miredStuck in difficulty
- boggedStuck in wetland
- sinkingFalling through water
- sinking feelingAnxious gut premonition
- quicksandYielding, engulfing sediment
squelch · wheels · spinning wheels · tires · spinning · traction · sludge · swamp · marsh · bog · trapped · knee deep · helpless · suction · pull · heavy · boots · wading
- impassesimpasse, deadlock, stalemate, standstill, gridlock
- slow thingssnail, tortoise, turtle, sloth, molasses
- stuckjammed, clogged, trapped, snowed in, bottlenecked
- stagnationstagnation, standstill, stasis, deadlock, stalemate
- car troublesflat tire, dead battery, breakdown, overheating, stalling
- crashesaccident, collision, crash, head-on collision, pileup
stuck in mudunstuck
No longer attached
in motion · mobile · rolling along · gliding · cruising
stuck in mudmaking progress
moving forward · on a roll · advancing · making headway · forging ahead
stuck, stick, sticks, sticking, sticker, stickers, sticky, stickiness, unstuck