歧路亡羊
      Explanation: Crossroads: fork; death: lost. Too many forks can not search for the lost sheep. Complex metaphor of things, not in the right direction would be misguided.
      Usage: Partial official; as predicate; analogy complicated affair
      Source: "Lie Zi, said Fu": "Road to multi-sheep differences, scholars in multiple deaths."
  • Thesaurus:  divagate
  • Antonym Group:  An opposite direction, An anti-past, To refuse the evil perfection, forsake darkness and come to the light, Gai Xian Yi Zhang, cut loose from the past and make a fresh start, mend one's ways