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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a mess over" is not standard in written English and may be confusing.
It could be used informally to describe a situation that has become chaotic or disorganized, but it is not commonly recognized.
Example: "After the party, there was a mess over the living room that took hours to clean up."
Alternatives: "a mess of" or "a mess regarding".
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"It was a mess over there," he said.
Every few years the church gets itself into a mess over how to use its churches.
Labour might get into a mess, over constitutional reform or economic policy, and fall apart before the end of a five-year Parliament.
Do we want to read about erections that don't quite...erect, or else erect so quickly that they make a mess over everything?
"He was a mess over there," said his longtime girlfriend, Chanolia Anderson, who is the mother of two of his three children.
The government seems to get into more of a mess over the new revived EU constitution every day - but it must not ignore calls for a referendum.
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The buzz: "The Strange Boys come on like a mid-60s Rolling Stones messed over by the Black Lips, all major keys and jangling guitars, but with a filthy agenda".
They took foolhardy risks, cut things up, made a mess, fell over.
Darren: We did kind of make a mess all over the table with the fish.
Now that the Tories are in a mess again over Europe, Labour has a great chance of a breakthrough.
For instance, if a patient has trouble eating with utensils and is making a mess all over the place, you give them finger foods.
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