To confuse, mix up, or jumble things so they’re hard to tell apart or understand.
Can be about ideas, objects, or even people’s identities.
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
