complicated mess
Frequency: 6.57.1 per million words
a situation that is complex and difficult to resolve
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Examples (10)
- The legal battle quickly turned into a complicated mess.
- We need to untangle this complicated mess before it gets worse.
- The company's finances were a complicated mess after the merger.
- His personal life became a complicated mess of relationships.
- The project management system is a complicated mess of outdated software.
- Solving this complicated mess will require a lot of effort.
- The political situation devolved into a complicated mess.
- I walked into a complicated mess at work this morning.
- Don't turn a simple problem into a complicated mess.
- The old wiring system was a truly complicated mess.