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Discover LudwigThe phrase "into a mess" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation that has become chaotic or difficult to manage. For example: "After months of procrastinating, I found myself in a deep hole and had to scramble to put things in order, turning the situation into a mess."
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— devolves into a mess.
Or turns your house into a mess.
They have fallen into a mess of contradictions.
We got ourselves into a mess, like some other banks.
"This could just throw our educational system into a mess".
Boeing got into a mess when it failed to cope with unexpected demand for its jets.
When touched with a fork, baklava shattered into a mess of phyllo flakes.
"Comedians take a neat situation and turn it into a mess," he said.
Choate took over in the 11th, retired the first two batters before getting into a mess.
Poor old Ian Bell has creased up into a mess of befuddled confusion.
Every few years the church gets itself into a mess over how to use its churches.
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