mare's nest

A difficult, complicated, or confusing situation. The tax laws in this country are a mare's nest that nobody fully understands.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pelagia	pe-LAHG-yah (Polish)	Ancient Greek, Greek, Polish
Katriina	KAHT-ree:-nah	Finnish
Rory	['rɔ:ri]
Emory	['eməri]
Hajar	-	Arabic
Lena	LE-nah (German, Polish, Italian), LYE-nah (Russian), LEE-nə (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Russian, English, Italian, Portuguese