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Knock a mudhole in you and walk it dry
Meaning
- A very aggressive and colorful way of threatening someone with a physical beating. It suggests leaving someone broken in the dirt.
Aggressive, hyperbolic
Used in a sentence
- You better watch your mouth or I will knock a mudhole in you and walk it dry.
- He was bragging until his brother threatened to knock a mudhole in him and walk it dry.
- That is just a tough guy talking, nobody is really going to knock a mudhole in you.
The backstory
This is a hyper-masculine bit of Southern bravado. It likely stems from rural imagery of boots and muddy paths where a fight would leave a mark in the soft ground.
Heard in
The South
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