The phrase
"to muddy the waters" means to make a situation more confusing or unclear than it was before.
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Bad VR reminds us of how incredible good VR is, but it can also
muddy the waters of virtual reality as it heads mainstream.
If you want your team to install the mobile app, don't
muddy the waters by asking them to add three time entries, or upload 10 documents.
These, however, as judges involved in the present case have suggested, are
muddy waters on to which they will not venture.
Anyone that routinely searches for hotels knows resort fees really
muddy the waters when you're shopping.
I felt that, on a formal level, time needed to be incredibly rigid and well - defined so it would
n't muddy the waters of the narrative later on down the line.
Couples can get
into muddy waters when it comes to one person feeling really «off» about their spouse's «friendship» with someone who could become a romantic partner.
But, regardless of the actual literary value of a book, these writers
do muddy the water, so to speak.
On the other hand, if your cover letter is
like muddy water — unclear — you can say goodbye to that particular job at least!
Even in human clinical studies, a variety of variables between different people
muddy the waters too much for a clear picture.
These new findings add to the
already muddy waters of our current understanding of the role of infant feeding in celiac disease.
Instead of providing shocks or surprises, these shifts
muddy the waters until you can barely tell what's going on.
The team found dissolved organic carbon in all of them, and they found that newly -
exposed muddy water was liable to surrender 40 % more CO2 to the atmosphere.
What the Internet has really done is
muddy the waters of where our trusted information comes from.
As if new moms aren't overwhelmed enough, conflicting parenting tips come along to
muddy the waters even more.
One of my complaints about the game was how it seemed to
muddy the waters with all the different ways to buy new content.
Sometimes, that can only serve to
muddy the waters as your Realtor could find himself having a conflict of interest being a lawyer as well.
Our time together is precious — my hours with him; my days with the kids — I don't feel the need to
muddy the waters too much.
Once you have made it, though, plenty of other steps come next and often seem to
muddy the water when looking at them just from the vantage point of step 1.
Piles of money like that, which the fossil fuel industry remains in a good position to provide, has a way of
muddying the waters in Washington.
By now, we've all heard about obstacle races and mud runs, but how about an event where you hurdle logs and trudge
through muddy water pits — with a person on your back?
This dirty ice represented
muddy water from Lake Vostok that had frozen back onto the bottom of the ice sheet.
Obviously, app compatibility is a concern, especially for early adopters, and
muddies the waters somewhat as you have an Android device that doesn't run all Android apps.
The explosion of Internet dating has
also muddied the waters in terms of when an actual breakup is necessary, she says.
Has the judgment in Ilott
muddied the waters regarding an adult child's claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Dependents) Act 1975, asks Martin Mears
With Mr Myler and Mr Crone being vague about what had been said in the meeting, a decisive response from Mr Murdoch could get him out of trouble, or at
least muddy the waters sufficiently for him to escape sanction.
The Lotus Mudra encourages purity and perseverance just like the lotus flower that blooms majestically
above muddy waters of fear, attachment, and desire.