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clear as mud

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*clear as mud 
1. Cliché not clear at all. (*Also: as ~.) Your swimming pool needs cleaning; the water is clear as mud.
2. Cliché not easy to understand. (*Also: as ~.) This physics chapter is clear as mud to me. I did all the reading, but it's still as clear as mud.
See also: clear, mud

(as) clear as mud
very difficult to understand His traffic directions were as clear as mud.
Usage notes: used to humorously explain that there was a problem
Opposite of: (as) plain as day
See also: clear, mud


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