FISH IN MUDDY

Meaning of FISH IN MUDDY in English

v. phr. To take advantage of a troubled or confusing situation; seek personal advantage. With the police disorganized after the collapse of communism in Europe, many criminals started to fish in troubled waters.

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FISH IN MUDDY — = troubled waters
Slang English vocab
MUDDY — sa lapok
English-Visayan vocabulary
MUDDY — I. adjective (muddier; -est) Date: 15th century morally impure ; base , 2. full of or covered with mud, characteristic …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FISH — I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold-blooded vertebrate s found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species …
Английский словарь Британика
MUDDY — I. ˈmədē, -di adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English moddy, from mode, mudde mud + -y 1. : morally …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUDDY — (v. t.) Fig.: To cloud; to make dull or heavy.
Английский словарь Webster
MUDDY — (superl.) Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.
Английский словарь Webster
MUDDY — (superl.) Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.
Английский словарь Webster
MUDDY — ( superl. ) Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUDDY — ( superl. ) Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUDDY — — muddily , adv. — muddiness , n. /mud"ee/ , adj., muddier, muddiest , v. , muddied, muddying . adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FISH — — fishless , adj. /fish/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) fish , ( esp. referring to two …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUDDY — I. ˈmə-dē adjective ( mud·di·er ; -est ) Date: 15th century 1. : morally impure : base 2. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUDDY — superl not clear or bright. 2. muddy ·superl turbid with mud; as, muddy water. 3. muddy ·vt fig.: to cloud; …
Webster English vocab
FISH — pl of fish. 2. fish ·noun the flesh of fish, used as food. 3. fish ·noun a counter, used in …
Webster English vocab
MUDDY — [mud.dy] adj mud.di.er ; -est (15c) 1: morally impure: base 2. a: full of or covered with mud b: characteristic …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FISH — [fish] n, pl fish or fish.es often attrib [ME, fr. OE fisc; akin to OHG fisc fish, L piscis] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
MUDDY — / ˈmʌdi; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( mud·dier , mud·di·est ) 1. full of or covered in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUDDY — I. mud ‧ dy 1 /ˈmʌdi/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . covered with mud or containing mud: Take your boots …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUDDY — adj. & v. --adj. (muddier, muddiest) 1 like mud. 2 covered in or full of mud. 3 (of liquid) turbid. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FISH — n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUDDY — adj. & v. adj. (muddier, muddiest) 1 like mud. 2 covered in or full of mud. 3 (of liquid) turbid. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FISH — n. & v. n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MUDDY — adj. & v. --adj. (muddier, muddiest) 1. like mud. 2 covered in or full of mud. 3 (of liquid) turbid. …
Oxford English vocab
FISH — 1. n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1. a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly …
Oxford English vocab
MUDDY — ( muddier, muddiest, muddies, muddying, muddied) 1. Something that is muddy contains mud or is covered in mud. ...a muddy …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FISH — ( fish, or fishes, fishes, fishing, fished) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUDDY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES confuse/cloud/muddy the issue (= make an issue more difficult to understand or deal with …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FISH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fish pond a fishing boat ▪ The fishing boats go out to sea …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUDDY — [adjective] -ier, -iestI peered into the muddy water of the pond.Don't wear those muddy boots inside!Muddy colours are dark and …
Cambridge English vocab
FISH — n. fish farming fish duck fish hawk archer fish blind fish bony fish fish poisoning Fish Hamilton flying fish Great …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FISH — Synonyms and related words : C, C-note, Chinook salmon, G, G-note, Loch Ness monster, Sunapee trout, aerial torpedo, albacore, alevin, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUDDY — adj. Function: adjective 1 having a great deal of mud FF1C; playing in the wet field, he got his shoes …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MUDDY — I. adjective 1. having a great deal of mud playing in the wet field, he got his shoes all muddy …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUDDY — adj. VERBS ▪ be , look ▪ become , get ▪ get sth , make sth ▪ Don't get your …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MUDDY — adj. 25B6; adjective muddy ground : WATERLOGGED, boggy, marshy, swampy, squelchy, squishy, mucky, slimy, spongy, wet, soft, heavy; archaic quaggy. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUDDY — adj. 1 fouled, befouled, muddied, mud-spattered, dirty, grubby, grimy, soiled, mud-caked, slimy, mucky, miry; oozy, squelchy, squashy, boggy, fenny, marshy, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MUDDY — 1. прил. 1) а) грязный, перепачканный; заляпанный грязью The Muddy The Big Muddy б) непрозрачный, мутный Syn : thick, turbid …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUDDY — muddy.ogg 1. ʹmʌdı a 1. 1> грязный, слякотный; илистый; тинистый; топкий muddy road - грязная дорога the road is muddy …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MUDDY — 1. ʹmʌdı a 1. 1> грязный, слякотный; илистый; тинистый; топкий muddy road - грязная дорога the road is muddy - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IN — 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. pl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MUDDY — 1. прил. 1) а) грязный, перепачканный; заляпанный грязью - The Muddy - The Big Muddy б) непрозрачный, мутный Syn: thick …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MUDDY — 1. прил. 1) а) грязный, перепачканный; заляпанный грязью - The Muddy - The Big Muddy б) непрозрачный, мутный Syn: thick, turbid в) нечистый (о коже) г) прям. перен. живущий …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FISH — 1) рыба; pl рыбы (Pisces) 2) ловить рыбу 3) ловить что-л. в воде • - actinopterygian fishes - African tiger fish - alligator fishes - American leaf …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FISH — 1) рыба; pl рыбы ( Pisces ) 2) ловить рыбу 3) ловить что-л. в воде • - actinopterygian fishes - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
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FISH — 1) рыба 2) брать на фиш 3) ловить рыбу 4) фиштали 5) стыковая накладна 6) соединить встык накладки - fish …
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