"confusing phrase" is a correct and usable term in written English.
It refers to a group of words or a single word that is difficult to understand or has multiple interpretations. Example: The politician's speech was filled with confusing phrases that left the audience unsure of his stance on the issue.
There was this one guy who would babble on for at least five minutes, using long words and confusing phrases.
Once you've written a solid draft of the essay, you can review it to look out for any grammatical errors, confusing phrasing, and repetitive ideas.
Mr Akin, I think you are confusing the phrase 'legitimate rape' with the phrase 'competitive gymnastics'".
A Navy spokesman admitted use of the 'water board' torture... to 'convince each trainee that he won't be able to physically resist what an enemy would do to him.' " In 1991, the columnist Jack Anderson — confusing the phrase about ancient practice with the modern development — wrote of "the Chinese water board demonstration, one of the most dangerous in the Navy arsenal.
If it is a confusing keyword phrase like Drawing Blood, link to the other meaning and mention that in the first paragraph.
3) Avoid long, confusing parenthetical phrases.
Bikers won't stop, fearing they will lose a few tenths of a second off their times; and tourists from former Soviet republics confuse the phrase "Get out of the bike lane, you jerk" with "Enjoy your stay".
In a breathless rush, she leads us through the "wastes and deserts" of influenza, the "precipices and lawns sprinkled with bright flowers" of fever and the pit of death -- although she then wittily leaves us to wake up in the dentist's chair, where we confuse the phrase "rinse the mouth" with God greeting us at the gates of heaven.
First, 54.7% of the errors (categories 3 5) were caused because the algorithm confused similar phrases (e.g. "T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma" versus "Pre-B cell lymphoblastic lymphoma").
