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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sweet mess" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to describe a situation or object that is chaotic or disorganized, but also enjoyable or charming in some way. Here are some examples: - "The kitchen was a sweet mess of flour, sugar, and baking ingredients as we prepared for the holiday cookie exchange." - "Her hair was a sweet mess of curls cascading down her back." - "The children's playroom was a sweet mess of toys, books, and stuffed animals, but it was a joy to see them having so much fun." - "The couple's relationship was a sweet mess - full of ups and downs, but ultimately filled with love and happiness."
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— Megan Winfrey's first Mother's Day after being released from prison was a sweet mess.
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You want a brown, sweet mess under there.
So for my Mosé, rather than use agave syrup like I would in a margarita, I simply top a couple of sliced strawberries with a bit of sugar and muddle until it's dissolved into a sweet, pulpy mess.
If you ordered the lamb, swollen prunes, fat apricots, and egg-shaped potatoes hug two giant shanks sunk in a still-bubbling broth; the prunes collapse into a sweet, jammy mess the second they're touched.
What a sweet, sweet deal.
They would have butted the crap out of me and my car, I'm sure, but it was pretty sweet messing with them anyway.
What sounds like a sweet and salty mess turns out to be a finely judged marriage, with the doughnut light and surprisingly unsugary, and the stack of streaky bacon providing a crisp and savoury backbone.
But it is at least a sweet, good-natured mess, with none of the overcalculation and condescending cynicism the same material would almost certainly bring out in a Hollywood production.
The beer could have ended up a sweet and spicy mess, but the strain of Belgian yeast used to ferment the golden ale rounded out the flavor with a pungent dose of fruity and spicy esters. .
The thing is, none of the food I loved at Dabbous – the asparagus with the rapeseed oil mayo, the soupy umami-rich squid broth, the slab of barbecued Iberico pork with a sweet-salty toffee mess of praline – was improved because of the tweezer thing.
Nonetheless, as if to show that it, too, can produce bad versions of popular dishes, Arharn's mee krob ($5.95), the nest of crisp noodles in a sweet dressing, is an awful mess, sticky-sweet out of all proportion.
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