| 单词 | in a hot mess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (also into) a hot mess a. An uncomfortable, difficult, or challenging situation or state of affairs. Chiefly in in (also into) a hot mess. Now rare.Cf. mess n.1 3a, hot water n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things hard casec1325 box1546 pass1560 little-ease1589 a fine kettle1741 mess1812 how-do-you-do1835 hot mess1867 bed of nails1872 shitter1958 strife1963 1867 Blackburn Standard 20 Mar. He had been in these ‘rows’ before. He remembered, on one occasion getting his fingers into a very hot mess with Father Sharples. 1907 Pall Mall Mag. Apr. 394/2 Now, ef I says the word, yo'll be in a hot mess in about one minute! 'Mounters' ain't 'lowed in 'yar, not lonesome ones, anyway! 1954 Odessa (Texas) American 8 Feb. 2/7 The fire of passion has tossed [him]..into a pretty hot mess. 2012 K. Oakes Radical Reinvention i. 21 The narrative of a person finding faith in a crisis is a very old one. Even Paul, on the road to Damascus, was in a hot mess. < as lemmas |
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