muddy the water

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muddy the water

Fig. to make something less clear; to make matters confusing; to create difficulty where there was none before. Things were going along quite smoothly until you came along and muddied the water. The events of the past month have muddied the water as far as our proposed joint venture is concerned.

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Argentina have their problems and we ours - but the altitude does very much muddy the waters and we saw as much," remarked Dunga, reflecting on a round of matches which saw the samba stars move within three points of leaders Paraguay with Chile third a point further back but one clear of Argentina. Brazil chief Dunga keeps counsel on Argentine loss by AFP / AFP Global Edition He has now written another disingenuous letter (March 24) trying to further muddy the water on Canton parking issues, while continuing to obliquely refer to the Canton councillors as "officialdom" when he knows full well that the scheme is being implemented by the council which is run by a Lib-Dem/Plaid coalition which, strangely enough, includes Coun Keith Parry. Letter: Work for your own voters by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) All religion does is muddy the waters of politics, as it has since Emperor Constantine of Rome. God out of government by Groshong, Micheal G. / U.S. Catholic			Mr Big Mr Right Mr. Nice Guy Mr. Right much much ado about nothing much in evidence much less Much obliged much of a muchness much sought after muchness muck muck around muck up muck-raking mud Mud sticks muddle muddle along muddle around muddle through muddle up muddled muddy muddy the water muddy the waters muddy up muffle up mulct out of mule mull over multiply by multitude multitude of sins Mum's the word mumbo jumbo munch out mung up murder murder on Murder will out murmur murmur against murmur at Murphy's law muscle muscle in muscle in on muscle out of muse over			muddleheaded muddleheaded muddler muddler muddler muddler Muddler Minnow muddler minnows muddlers muddles muddles muddles muddles muddling muddling muddling muddling muddlingly muddlingly muddlingly muddly muddly muddly muddy muddy muddy muddy complexion muddy lung Muddy Paws Agility Club of Kitsap Muddy River Nightmare Band muddy the water muddy the waters muddy up muddy up Muddy Waters Muddy Waters Computer Society Muddy Waters Retriever Club Muddy-headed Muddy-mettled muddying muddying muddying MUDE MUDE MUDEC Mudejar Mudejar Mudéjar Mudéjar Mudejar architecture Mudéjar art Mudéjar art Mudejares Mudéjares Mudéjares MUDEM MUDF Mudfa mudfish mudfish mudfishes

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