Throw plenty of mud and some of it is bound to stick

O' the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient armies of Greece, combined to conquer the city of Troy - all that, and ten years of perseverance

He's a stick in the mud

throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?

Gordon Brown is showing that he's modern, that he's not a stick-in-the mud.

There are two days when a woman is a pleasure: the day one marries her and the day one buries her