泥だらけ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 泥だらけ, read どろだらけ, describes a person, animal, or object being thoroughly covered in mud.
• Basic usage: 泥だらけだ states the condition, while 泥だらけになる marks a change into that muddy state.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A state of being covered in mud
  • This emphasizes that shoes or a dog are covered in mud, rather than having only a small spot of dirt. A change into that condition is expressed with the corresponding become construction.