muddy the water

muddy the water
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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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