That really sums up life: beauty coupled with the most terrible muddles and wickedness.

Away from the shore, the place stank with a terrible muddle of scents, which was natural next to the only river crossing for many leagues.

This lack of clarity was behind the terrible muddle concerning Mr Mandela's health scare earlier this year.

You see it is all a terrible muddle for her.

Nowadays - " It was all becoming a terrible muddle.

In 1865, America's paper currency was a terrible muddle.

He had made a terrible muddle of everything so far, but now he could redeem himself a little.

Oh, it was all a terrible muddle and confusion.

I shall get into a terrible muddle, and so will he.

But this is where the critics got themselves into a terrible muddle, and sometimes, all logic went out of the window.