"the house was a mess"
"she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
"he got into a terrible fix"
"he made a muddle of his marriage"
"a mess of porridge"
"a batch of letters"
"a deal of trouble"
"a lot of money"
"he made a mint on the stock market"
"see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"
"it must have cost plenty"
"a slew of journalists"
"a wad of money"
"He messed up his room"
Stop messing about and listen to me.
别再胡闹了,听我说。
Go on with your work and stop messing about .
继续干活,别胡闹了。
Tell the boy to stop messing about upstairs.
告诉那孩子别在楼上胡闹。
mess sth ⇔ aboutDon't mess about my bags.
不要乱弄我的书包。
Tradition is not to be messed about.
传统不能胡乱更改。
mess sb ⇔ aboutDon't mess me about,I want the money you promised me .
别欺负我,我要你答应给我的钱。
He said he was 70 years old, and had never been messed about by anybody before.
他说他今年70岁了,生平从未被粗鲁地对待过。
She didn't want you coming and messing about with things.
她不愿意你来瞎胡闹。
She spent the day just messing about with her friends.
她一整天都和朋友无所事事地在一起。
Don't mess about with sharp knives.
不要摆弄锋利的刀子。
He is always messing around doing nothing.
他老是东游西荡,无所事事。
He got another chance and didn't want to mess up again.
他又获一次机会,这次他再也不愿把事情弄糟了。
mess sth ⇔ upShe messed up her new dress with blue ink.
蓝墨水弄脏了她的新衣服。
Don't mess up my clean floor.
不要把我干净的地板弄脏了。
Don't mess up the room.
别把房间弄脏。
His divorce has really messed his life up.
离婚已把他的生活真正扰乱了。
If he undertakes anything he always messes it up.
不管他做什么事,总是办得很糟。
He didn't want to mess up the situation.
他不想把事情弄糟。
The late arrival of the train messed up all our plans.
火车晚点打乱了我们所有的计划。
