Idiom
muddy the waters
Meaning
To make something unclear and difficult to understand.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please do not muddy the waters with these extra questions.”
“The manager tried to explain the new policy, but his confusing comments only served to muddy the waters for the staff.”
“By introducing irrelevant statistics into the debate, the politician sought to muddy the waters and distract the public from the core issue.”
Examples
simple
“Please do not muddy the waters with these extra questions.”
contextual
“The manager tried to explain the new policy, but his confusing comments only served to muddy the waters for the staff.”
complex
“By introducing irrelevant statistics into the debate, the politician sought to muddy the waters and distract the public from the core issue.”
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