tangle up (someone) in knots

Translations
запутать (кого-то) в узлы
The lawyer's questions were designed to tangle up the witness in knots.
Вопросы адвоката были направлены на то, чтобы запутать свидетеля в узлы.
Definitions
To confuse or perplex someone, often by making a situation or explanation overly complicated or difficult to understand.
Words
tangle

verb
запутать
up

adverb
полностью
someone

pronoun
кого-либо
in

preposition
в
knots

noun
узлы