сбивать с толку

confuse; cross up; delude (о явлениях, событиях, фактах); disturb the judgment; ball up; deceive (о явлениях, событиях, фактах); intrigue; jumble; drag a red-herring across the path (Anglophile); draw a red-herring across the track (Anglophile); play head games (fishborn); trip up (Taras); addle; befog; stumble; obfuscate; wilder; befuddle; maze; disorient; flummox (But the recent outburst of public protest has flummoxed Mr. Putin, as he finds that his authoritarian government lacks the pressure valves that allow liberal democracies to anticipate and alleviate expressions of discontent. NYT Alexander Demidov); defeat (lop20); dizzy; stop; baffle; bedevil; bewilder; perplex; distract; puddle; disorientate; confound; embarrass; fuddle; bias (olga garkovik); throw off (I'm sorry about getting the date wrong. I was thrown off by the fact that yesterday was a holiday vogeler); bother; pudder; make uncertain

throw a curve (The newspaper reporter threw the politician a curve – Репортер сбил политического деятеля с толку неожиданным вопросом VLZ_58)