mud bath

noun — 2 senses

noun

The immersion of the body in mud, for therapeutic reasons.

Figuratively A very muddy or dirty area or thing.

That was the spot where the van had overturned one evening when this road was a mud bath.2011, Eric de la Harpe, Crossing the Rubicon: A Journey in the Time of Apartheid, page 347:
'Where thought is clear and nimble, Where life is pure and fresh, Where the soul comes back rejoicing From the mud-bath of the flesh1898, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Passing (poem):

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