one's name is mud
English
Phrase
- (idiomatic) One is unpopular, in disgrace or embroiled in scandal; one's reputation is tarnished.
- His name will be mud once people learn the truth about why he was fired.
- 2023 November 21, Zing Tsjeng, “AI is changing the world – and I’ve just eaten the underwhelming pasta that proves it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Thanks to disastrously unpopular attempts by the likes of BuzzFeed to create AI-assisted content, its name is mud in the media industry.
Further reading
- Gary Martin (1997–) “Your name is mud”, in The Phrase Finder.
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