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muddy the waters

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to make a situation more confused and less easy to understand or deal with
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(Definition of muddy the waters from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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muddy the waters

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to make a situation unnecessarily complicated and less clear:
His suggestions just muddied the waters further, rather than helping the situation.
(Definition of muddy the waters from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of muddy the waters

in Chinese (Traditional)
把水攪渾，使變得更複雜…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
把水搅浑，使变得更复杂…
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in Spanish
enmarañar las cosas…
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