For crying in the mud

Posted by Victoria S Dennis November 18, 2010 at 08:47In reply to For crying in the mud posted by ESC on November 17, 2010 at 23:27:

Anyone ever hear/know the origin of the exclamatory phrase: "Anyone ever hear/know the origin of the exclamatory phrase: "For crying in the mud!"

I've heard, "Oh, for the love of mud." Not sure about the above phrase. Sounds like Bugs Bunny to me.

I've not heard it before, but is it just a jocular variant of "For crying out loud"? (VSD)