clear as mud
adjEtymology Blend of clear as day + mud. Compare muddy (“unclear, blurry”).
1
Sarcastic Unclear; difficult or impossible to understand or interpret.
- Near-synonyms: muddied, muddy, muddled, muddle-headed
- Related terms
- muddy the waters
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