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mess [mes]1. noun• your bedroom's a mess! (inf) ta chambre est un vrai fouillis !• get this mess cleared up at once! range-moi ce fouillis tout de suite !• he's a mess (inf) (emotionally, psychologically) il est complètement déboussolé (inf) ; (US) ( = no use) il n'est bon à rien• to get (o.s.) out of a mess se sortir d'un mauvais pas• your boots have made an awful mess on the carpet tu as fait des saletés sur le tapis avec tes bottes• to make a mess of [+ one's life] gâcher2. compoundsa. ( = act the fool) faire l'imbécile ; ( = play in water, mud) patauger• stop messing about! arrête tes bêtises !b. ( = waste time) perdre son temps• what were you doing? -- just messing about que faisais-tu ? -- rien de particuliera. ( = fiddle with) tripoterb. ( = amuse o.s. with) they were messing about with a ball ils s'amusaient à taper dans un ballon= mess about= mess about with► mess up• that's messed everything up! ça a tout gâché !• if you mess with me... (threatening) si tu m'embêtes...* * *[mes] 1.1) ( untidy or dirty state) désordre mwhat a mess! — quel désordre!, quelle pagaille! (colloq)
to make a mess — [person] mettre du désordre
to tidy ou clear up the mess — mettre de l'ordre
you look a mess! — GB
you look like a mess! — US tu es dans un bel état!
2) fig ( muddled state)to be in a terrible mess — [economy] être dans une situation catastrophique
to make a mess of the job — massacrer (colloq) le travail
3) (colloq) ( pitiful state)he's a mess — (colloq) ( psychologically) il est dans un sale état
4) ( excrement) saletés fplto make a mess — [dog] faire ses saletés
dog mess — (colloq) crotte (colloq) f de chien
5) Military cantine fofficers' mess — ( in the army) mess m; ( in the navy) carré m des officiers
6) (colloq) US portion f2.(colloq) intransitive verb ( meddle)to mess with — toucher à [drugs]
Phrasal Verbs:- mess up
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