| Metaphor for something messy or complicated |
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| Metaphor for a messy place, such as many a teenager's bedroom |
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| Super-tangled hair, metaphorically |
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| Super-tangled hair |
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| Excessively disorganized situation |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Feb 2024 |
| Very cluttered place |
Universal |
03 Sep 2023 |
| Snarled-up mess of debris |
New York Times |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Jumble |
New York Times |
11 Jun 2022 |
| Big snarl |
New York Times |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Tangled mess |
Universal |
07 Mar 2020 |
| Disorderly place |
USA Today |
09 Oct 2019 |
| Complete mess |
Universal |
22 Jun 2019 |
| Disorderly place |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jun 2019 |
| Disorderly place |
The Washington Post |
02 Jun 2019 |
| Complete mess |
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| Disorderly place |
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| Disorderly place |
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| Metaphor for disorder |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Dirty, cluttered place |
USA Today |
04 Jul 2018 |
| Dirty, cluttered place |
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| Total mess |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2016 |
| Hoarder's squalor |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2016 |
| Scene of disarray |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2016 |
| Dirty, cluttered area |
The Washington Post |
17 Jul 2016 |
| Total mess |
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| Hoarder's squalor |
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| Total mess |
New York Times |
23 Dec 2015 |
| Very cluttered place |
Newsday |
17 Sep 2015 |
| Mess |
New York Times |
01 Feb 2015 |
| Mess |
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| Very cluttered place |
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| Total mess |
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| Tangle |
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| "Even if I could find my comb, I couldn't drag it through this ..." |
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| Big mess |
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| Dirty, messy place |
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| Disorderly place |
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| Cluttered place |
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| Cluttered room |
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| Cluttered place |
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| Cluttered place |
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| Messy room |
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| Cluttered room |
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| Snarly hair: colloq. |
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| Very untidy place |
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