nasty mess
Frequency: 7.011.5 per million words
a very unpleasant or difficult situation to deal with
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- The company found itself in a nasty mess after the scandal broke.
- Cleaning up the kitchen after the party was a truly nasty mess.
- His personal life became a nasty mess after the divorce.
- The political situation descended into a nasty mess with no clear solution.
- I stepped in a nasty mess on the sidewalk and ruined my shoes.
- The project went wrong, leaving them with a nasty mess to untangle.
- Don't leave your room in such a nasty mess!
- The legal battle created a nasty mess for all parties involved.
- After the storm, the entire garden was a nasty mess of debris.
- We inherited a nasty mess from the previous administration.