"muddy the water" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 把事情弄得更複雜
• 攪渾水

Definition

讓情況變得更加混亂或複雜，通常是加入了不清楚或不必要的資訊。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是慣用語，語氣稍微口語化。通常用於某人讓事情變複雜，不能用於描述真正的混濁水。多見於否定語境，如“Don't muddy the water.”

Examples

Adding too many details will muddy the water.

加太多細節會**把事情弄得更複雜**。

Don't muddy the water by bringing up unrelated issues.

不要提無關的話題來**攪渾水**。

If you keep changing your story, you will muddy the water.

如果你一直改口，就會**把事情弄得更複雜**。

Her vague answers just muddy the water and make things harder to solve.

她模糊的回答只會**把事情弄得更複雜**，讓問題更難解決。

Lawyers sometimes muddy the water to protect their clients.

律師有時會**攪渾水**來保護客戶。

Instead of clearing things up, his explanation actually muddied the water.

他的解釋沒有解決問題，反而**把事情變複雜了**。