confuse matters

Examples (10)

• His vague explanation only served to confuse matters further.
• Don't interrupt now; you'll only confuse matters for the participants.
• The new rules are likely to confuse matters for small businesses.
• To confuse matters more, the address on the package was incorrect.
• Her ambiguous comments tended to confuse matters rather than clarify them.
• The manager asked him not to confuse matters with irrelevant details.
• Adding another layer of bureaucracy would only confuse matters unnecessarily.
• The conflicting eyewitness accounts did nothing but confuse matters for the police.
• We need a clear strategy so we don't confuse matters by changing direction mid-project.
• The sudden policy reversal threatened to confuse matters for the entire department.