nasty mess

Frequency: 7.011.5 per million words

a very unpleasant or difficult situation to deal with

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Examples (10)

  • 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.