clear as mud
Example Sentences
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“It’s about as clear as mud right now,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
What looked superficially as a clear win for AI companies in their long battle to use copyrighted material without paying for it to feed their chatbots, now looks clear as mud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
"The Scottish government's direction of travel on this vitally important issue is as clear as mud," she adds.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2024
He said the team went into “pretty good detail, not trying to discredit Tyler, but effectively saying he was wrong. However, that ended up being as clear as mud to us.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
Joe certainly had a way of making everything as clear as mud.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
