However, all that seemed to do was muddy the waters of clarity.

And he wasn't prepared for anyone else to muddy the waters.

Mr Javid attempted to muddy the waters on this on Friday.

A couple of confusing angles could muddy the waters even more.

And my inclination would be to keep quiet and not muddy the waters.

Michishita, the Japanese security expert, said the Moscow-Pyongyang thaw could just muddy the waters.

And then the defence team gets to muddy the waters, leak alibis, dispute timelines.

But is that apology a sign of strength or does it further muddy the waters?

We must take care not to muddy the waters.'

Having soared over the bar at the first attempt, Banks felt free to muddy the waters.

And where prosecutors couldn't disprove a defence claim, they were often able to muddy the waters.

I will discover the truth, Edwin, no matter how hard you try to muddy the waters.

The point is just to muddy the waters.

Tuesday's voting could muddy the waters even further.

The trick is not to muddy the waters.

I don't want to muddy the waters, Mom.