Collocations for muddle - noun

awful
embarrassing
bureaucratic, financial

get (sb) in, get (sb) into
I got into an awful muddle with my tax forms.

make
The judge made a muddle of the case.

in a muddle
The house was in an awful muddle by the time the children left.

muddle about, muddle over, muddle with
There was a bureaucratic muddle over his appointment.