means A complex, winding structure of intricate passages designed to confuse anyone trying to find their way through — or, by extension, any bewilderingly tangled situation.

from From Greek 'labyrinthos,' the name of the maze King Minos had built on Crete to imprison the Minotaur. The word is likely pre-Greek, possibly borrowed from a non-Greek Aegean language — some link it to 'labrys,' the double-headed axe whose symbol marked the Cretan palace at Knossos, so a labyrinth may once have meant 'house of the double axe,' though that connection remains debated.