fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish -- (informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage")
Overview of verb muddle
The verb muddle has 2 senses
muddle, puddle -- (make into a puddle; "puddled mire")
addle, muddle, puddle -- (mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues")