They get stuck in the mud, and this forces them to give up the chase.

他们陷入了泥中，所以放弃了追捕。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

He was the kid who was covered with mud for seven days, He said, "It doesn't look the same to me anymore, I think there were sort of spiritual awakening for him during that.

当时，他还是个孩子,远足的七天里，他浑身是泥，他说：“我对风雨的认识有了改变，可能在这次远足中,他有了灵性上的觉醒。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

On the three thousand two hundred eighty-seventh night of your Parisian affair, as I lay in Simois-mud picking vermin off the wound I got that day from cunning Pandarus, exhaustion closed my eyes.

在你和帕里斯发生关系后的第三千两百八十七夜,那个日子是狡猾的潘达洛斯告诉我的,我正躺在西摩伊斯河岸边，拣伤口上的虱子,疲惫让我闭上了眼睛。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选