clear as mud
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“That makes everything as clear as mud.”
From Literature
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“It’s about as clear as mud right now,” he said.
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
"It is as clear as mud," says Mr Down.
From BBC
"The Scottish government's direction of travel on this vitally important issue is as clear as mud," she adds.
From BBC
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