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"1": "en",
"2": "clear as day",
"3": "mud"
},
"expansion": "Blend of clear as day + mud",
"name": "blend"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "muddy",
"t": "unclear, blurry"
},
"expansion": "muddy (“unclear, blurry”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Blend of clear as day + mud. Compare muddy (“unclear, blurry”).",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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"word": "obvious"
}
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"name": "English blends",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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"glosses": [
"Unclear; difficult or impossible to understand or interpret."
],
"id": "en-clear_as_mud-en-adj-pL-RQrv5",
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"sarcastic",
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[
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"unclear"
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[
"difficult",
"difficult"
],
[
"impossible",
"impossible"
],
[
"understand",
"understand"
],
[
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"interpret"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(simile, sarcastic) Unclear; difficult or impossible to understand or interpret."
],
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"sarcastic"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unclear",
"word": "samea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unclear",
"word": "läpinäkymätön"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unclear",
"word": "világos, mint a vakablak"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unclear",
"word": "se füle, se farka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unclear",
"word": "klart som lervälling"
}
]
}
],
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/En-au-clear_as_mud.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "clear as mud"
}
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"t": "unclear, blurry"
},
"expansion": "muddy (“unclear, blurry”)",
"name": "m"
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],
"etymology_text": "Blend of clear as day + mud. Compare muddy (“unclear, blurry”).",
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}
],
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"English oxymorons",
"English sarcastic terms",
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],
"glosses": [
"Unclear; difficult or impossible to understand or interpret."
],
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"sarcastic",
"sarcastic"
],
[
"Unclear",
"unclear"
],
[
"difficult",
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],
[
"impossible",
"impossible"
],
[
"understand",
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],
[
"interpret",
"interpret"
]
],
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],
"tags": [
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"sarcastic"
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"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unclear",
"word": "samea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unclear",
"word": "läpinäkymätön"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unclear",
"word": "világos, mint a vakablak"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unclear",
"word": "se füle, se farka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unclear",
"word": "klart som lervälling"
}
],
"word": "clear as mud"
}
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