6. Mess (noun)

1. Dave's life was a mess. 2. Eric! Get in here and clean up this mess! 3. If the dog makes a mess, you clean it up! 4. My hair's a mess. 5. The house is a total mess. 6. The welfare system in this country is a mess. 7. There were cups and ashtrays everywhere - what a mess! 8. We love having our grandchildren visit, but they always leave such a mess for us to clean up. 9. We spent the morning tidying up the mess after the party. 10. California's political map is a chaotic mess of overlapping cities, counties and school districts. 11. He looked a mess, his face covered in bruises and dried blood. 12. Her swollen lips burned and she knew she must look a mess. 13. Looking at the economic mess this country is in demonstrates clearly that we need some guidelines and we need them fast. 14. Part of the mess were 2 dead medics who were sleeping on cots in the building. 15. The girls were being taken in at night after we left and what a mess we got in the morning! 16. The inside of the hall was a mess of rubble and charred beams. 17. There is still a way out of this economic mess, if Mr Gorbachev can summon up the courage to take it.

To be in a mess

1. He's obviously in a mess at the moment. 2. He found them in a mess of vomit. 3. I was afraid of doing something wrong and ending up at the bottom in a mess of twisted metal and broken bones. 4. Polar Star is no exception; its lovely clueless opening soon snarls up in a mess of motives and half-finished characters. 5. The economy could easily be in a mess by the time of the next election. 6. The first is sadness that Holder is entangled in a mess largely of Clinton's making. 7. We're in a mess and nothing is going to pull us out. 8. We would rather be free and live in a mess.

To make a mess of something

1. An explosion would have made a mess of them, and matchsticks of that tub. 2. He made a mess of things in the park, but it's the first time he's got it wrong. 3. It may be that Gary McAllister simply made a mess of his penalty kick. 4. My last chance and I've made a mess of it. 5. She made a mess of her life. 6. She may have made a mess of her life; she may have faced problems beyond your comprehension. 7. The Conservatives introduced the poll tax and made a mess of implementing it. 8. The shell hit the roof of the building and made a mess of the inside of the building. 9. Eric, you're making a mess - I hope you're planning to clean it up. 10. You can bake some cookies if you promise not to make a mess in the kitchen. 11. Again like Getty, she managed to make a mess of her personal relationships. 12. An explosion would have made a mess of them, and matchsticks of that tub. 13. Convinced of his own plainness, Graham is here engaged in taking Jenny out and making a mess of kissing her. 14. Do not be too quick to blame the puppy if it makes a mess when you are indoors. 15. Some one round here doesn't like pets ... They make a mess, root up plants, flowers. 16. The shell hit the roof of the building and made a mess of the inside of the building. 17. You're making a mess on my floor. 18. You only cuddle them when you feel like it, and they never make a mess.