throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

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To attempt the same strategy or technique (or similar ones) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.

— 2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at https://web.archive.org/web/20060117103951/http://archives.tcm.ie/thekingdom/2001/01/19/story7064.asp on 02 Nov 06, Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".
If enough (perhaps false or reckless) accusations are made against a person (or an organization), their reputation will suffer, whether or not this is deserved.

— 1997, Brent St. Denis, speaking in the Canadian House of Commons, read in Hansard at https://web.archive.org/web/20071104044633/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=2332720&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=36&Ses=1 on 02 Nov 06, They go on and on about the CPP increase being a tax. If we throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick....How can they unfavourably compare that to 9% plus is beyond my comprehension.

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throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick alternative

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Connected with both throw things at the wall and see what sticks and throw dirt enough, and some will stick. Regarding this "mud" term in particular, it may possibly reference a technique of building wattle and daub walls by throwing daub (mud mixed with straw) at the wattle, throwing hard enough that some obtained a good key and remained in place; compare slapdash, a pebbledash effect produced by throwing pebbles at a rendered wall.