mares' nests (Meaning)

mares' nests

a false discovery, illusion, or deliberate hoax, a place, condition, or situation of great disorder or confusion

The investigation turned out to be a complete mares' nest, full of dead ends and false leads.
The conspiracy theorist's claims about a secret government plot were dismissed as mere mares' nests.
The seemingly simple project turned into a mares' nest, requiring unexpected complications and delays.
The financial scandal revealed a tangled web of secret accounts and offshore companies, a true mares' nest.
The department's reorganization created a mares' nest of overlapping responsibilities and unclear reporting lines.
The professor's research proposal was met with skepticism, as it raised more questions than answers and seemed like a potential mares' nest.
The historian spent years unraveling the tangled tale of the royal family, a veritable mares' nest of intrigue and deception.
The merger negotiations became a mares' nest of legal and financial complexities, threatening to derail the deal.
The tech company's new operating system was a mares' nest of bugs and glitches, causing widespread frustration among users.
The detectives spent countless hours pursuing false leads and dead ends, leaving the case a complete mares' nest.

a false discovery, illusion, or deliberate hoax, a place, condition, or situation of great disorder or confusion

riots,chaoses, snake pits, disarrangements, messes, disorganizations, misorders, disarrays, disorders, muddles

systems, methods,plans, orders,patterns

The investigation turned out to be a complete mares' nest, full of dead ends and false leads.

The conspiracy theorist's claims about a secret government plot were dismissed as mere mares' nests.

The seemingly simple project turned into a mares' nest, requiring unexpected complications and delays.

The financial scandal revealed a tangled web of secret accounts and offshore companies, a true mares' nest.