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muddy the waters

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muddy the waters
to make a situation more confused and less easy to understand or deal with The statistics you quoted didn't prove anything, they simply muddied the waters.
See also: muddy, Waters

muddy the waters
to make a situation more confusing He's just trying to muddy the waters so we won't notice all the bad things he's done.
Usage notes: sometimes used with a modifier: The controversy has muddied the social waters of communities throughout this region.
Related vocabulary: muck something up
See also: muddy, Waters


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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.
All religion does is muddy the waters of politics, as it has since Emperor Constantine of Rome.
Shame on McLaughlin for trying to muddy the waters.
 
 
 
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