stuck in the mud

/S T AH1 K IH0 N DH AH0 M AH0 D/
adjective
  1. 1

    (idiomatic) Stuck, unable to progress.

noun
  1. 1

    A variant of the children's game of touch or tag in which a tagged player stands with arms and legs apart, and people crawling under such a player cannot be tagged.