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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absolute shambles" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation that is in complete disorder or chaos.
Example: "After the event, the venue was left in an absolute shambles, with chairs overturned and decorations scattered everywhere."
Alternatives: "total mess" or "complete chaos".
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Absolute shambles at Ryanair bag drop-off.
"An absolute shambles". And now? "It's unrecognisably better.
"It's an absolute shambles and a total joke," he said.
A fund manager said: "This has been an absolute shambles.
"My life was an absolute shambles," he said.
It's been and still is an absolute shambles – chaos".
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It's an absolute fucking shambles.
Harry Baumber of the Lincolnshire Regiment pithily summed it up as "an absolute bloody desolate shambles".
Thankfully, the surreal shambles that is English football is still an absolute hoot on and off the pitch.
The statement was described as "a shambles", "disrespectful", "awful", "unnecessary", "condescending drivel", "embarrassing and childish" and "absolute garbage". The board, by turns, were depicted as "not fit for purpose", "lacking in class", "farcical" and "massively failing the support".
Utter shambles".
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