The phrase "muddle up" comes from the root word "muddle, " which has uncertain but likely Middle Dutch or Low German origins. 🔹 Root word: muddlePossibly from Middle Dutch "moddelen" = to make muddy or confused
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Related to "mud" = گل، کثیفی
Used in English since the 1600s with the meaning "to mix confusedly" or "to make a mess"
🔸 Breakdown:
mud ( گل، کثیفی ) → gives the base idea of messiness or confusion
- le suffix → often added to form verbs implying repetitive or ongoing action ( like "dabble", "twinkle" )
So, "muddle" originally meant “to make muddy or unclear. ”
🔹 Meaning of "muddle up" today:
to confuse things
to mix things in the wrong order
to misunderstand
🔸 Example:
Don’t muddle up the instructions.
دستورات رو قاطی نکن.
🔸 فارسی:
muddle up = قاطی کردن، گیج شدن، بهم ریختن ( ذهنی یا عملی )
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We are so alike that people often get us muddled up
اشتباهی گرفتن
Confuse
قاطی کردن
( I always muddled up the salt and the sugar
من همیشه نمکو شکر رو قاطی میکنم ( یعنی نمیدونه کدوم نمکه کدوم شکره )
اشتباهی گرفتن ( ب علت شباهت زیاد )
گیج شدن، به اشتباه افتادن
