五 (five) 里 (1/3 mile) 霧 (fog) 中 (middle)You can't see two miles ahead of you.
When there are too many uncertainties involved, it would seem as if you are surrounded by fog. The present seems confusing, and the future seems unclear. 五里霧中.
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"And by the way, the communication system was not that good. There is a fog of war – trying to sort through the fog as the commander in chief."
-George Bush, in an interview with The Dallas Morning News
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