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• n  a confused multitude of things
• n  informal terms for a difficult situation
  he made a muddle of his marriage
• v  make into a puddle
• v  mix up or confuse
  He muddled the issues

• He glides from rock to rock like the champion mountain climber he also once was, while I muddle wildly, tottering like a top at the end of its spin, tangling my fishing line and .
• This has been the essential conceptual muddle with Obama's position on Iraq all along.
• Or with his conviction that the result of this conflict can only be the terrible muddle that finally elbows aside the previously preoccupying sexual shambles.

• clutter
• jumble
• fuddle
• mare's nest
• welter
• smother
• fix
• hole
• jam
• mess
• pickle
• kettle of fish
• puddle
• addle

News & Articles

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• Minnesota 36 gets another pinch starting Thursday morning
  Motorists westbound on Minnesota 36 will have to muddle by with one lane starting at 6 a.m. Thursday between Edgerton Street and U.S. 61 in Maplewood.
  June 19, 2013 - Pioneer Press

Quotes

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• John Dingell in USA Today
  The IG's report documents bureaucratic muddle at its worst,said Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "We didn't realize what an understatement it was when NBIS told us its system was not...
• Joe Biden in News 10NBC
  I believe the president has no strategy for success in Iraq,Biden said. "His plan is to muddle through, and hand the problem off to his successor."
• Brendan Nelson in The Age
  I think we all love the hairy-nosed wombat,Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson told reporters in Gippsland. "But I am very concerned about who is actually looking after our muddle-headed treasurer when this country is in the process of going...