Muddy the water(s) verb phrase
To make an issue or situation less clear and less easy to understand
He muddied the waters with unrelated issues at the beginning of his presentation.
Don't muddy the waters unimportant details. Get to the point!
Muddying the waters by adding unnecessary details is the reason why you can't get high marks on your essays.
Something that only has one of two different end results: positive or negative
Used to refer to speech or writing that is nonsensical or overly complicated, consequently incomprehensible.
Used to depict a path, river, road, etc. repeatedly turning in different directions.
The verb "muddy" should be conjugated according to its tense.