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   mare's nest

   noun

   • 1. a complex or confused situation; a muddle: "your desk's usually a mare's nest"
   • 2. an illusory discovery: "the mare's nest of perfect safety"

   Word Origin late 16th century: formerly in the phrase to have found a mare's nest, meaning ‘to have discovered something amazing’ (i.e. something that does not exist).

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