as clear as mud

Well, that made the whole thing about as clear as mud.

What this really means, of course, is still as clear as mud.

Joe certainly had a way of making everything as clear as mud.

The legality of software patents are as clear as mud.

It was as clear as mud to him, but he was more interested in leaving right then.

The Union's position is as clear as mud.

'The principle's as clear as mud, the moment you point it out to one.

As always, the financial experts are providing a unified picture that's about as clear as mud.

"I've thought it all over, laddie, and it's as clear as mud.

So that's as clear as mud then.

"It's as clear as mud," Chet remarked with a grin.

The answer is as clear as mud, just as it was with Vioxx.

'To me - a stranger - that's about as clear as mud.

Is all this as clear as mud?"

It's just as clear as mud.

Your loving son, Julius "That's about as clear as mud," the studious boy added.

"Why, of course," he cried, "it's as clear as mud.

"Unfortunately the G.M. strike will make this data as clear as mud.

Mr. Perot can be bluntly plain-spoken when he wants to, but all of his recent comments about his intentions have been as clear as mud.

'As clear as mud,' said Jim Pooley. '

And separation of church and state is as clear as mud, thanks to a slew of Supreme Court opinions on menorahs and Nativity displays.

For example, IGN's Smith has stated that "Sephiroth was certainly a good-looking fellow, but his motivations were about as clear as mud."

They were not impressed with her announcement, saying, as John Stanton, an air expert with the National Environmental Trust, put it, "She was as clear as mud."

Not on the evidence of Monday's press conference by Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, where any agreement that might have been reached was about as clear as mud.

To be candid, the possible permutations of where we go from here are as clear as mud, which is the only possible way England could feel even dimly optimistic about their chances.