all over the place »
Everywhere, especially chaotically or in such a way as to make a mess.
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blow it »
To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.
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carry the message to Garcia »
To perform a requisite task despite obstacles.
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carry the message to Garcia »
To perform a requisite task without having been informed specifically by what method to do so.
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clean up »
To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
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cock up »
Unintentionally; to screw up, mess up or f** up.
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deliver the message to Garcia »
...grasp the demands and exactions of business life. He learns that the main thing to do is to "deliver the message to Garcia"....
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deliver the message to Garcia »
...heaves in a deep breath, gathers himself as though he's crossed a continent to deliver the message to Garcia.
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deliver the message to Garcia »
Alternative form of carry the message to Garcia.
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deliver the message to Garcia »
Programmers are consistently dehumanized because so many do indeed deliver the message to Garcia only to be at best ignored.
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deliver the message to Garcia »
What we need is people who get the job done, no matter how. We don't want pickers who'll only learn if we use their preferred learning method. Have you read "A Message to Garcia" ? That's what we need today - young people who can deliver the message to Garcia.
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dog's breakfast »
An unappealing mixture; a disorderly situation; a mess.
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don't shoot the messenger »
The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news.
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drive-by media »
Media professionals who "spray" a bunch of repetitive misstatements, mistaken and misinterpreted news reports to cause excitement and confusion. They then figuratively "drive off" leaving the cleanup of their mess and hysteria to others, to correct and properly explain and interpret.
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e mail »
electronic message
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extract the urine »
To mess around, cajole.
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f** with »
To mess with; to interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.
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foul up »
To botch; to make a mess of.
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gunk up »
To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
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hot mess »
A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; or, service of such a heated meal to soldiers.
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hot mess »
Refers to a person, thing, or situation in such a state of disarray or disapproval by peers, often in reference to physical appearance, perceived to be disastrously embarrassing, pitiful, or beyond repair.
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jack up »
To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for f** up.
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kill the messenger »
To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it.
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lose the number of one's mess »
To die, to perish.
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louse up »
Mess up; confuse; put into a state of disorder.
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make a pig's ear of »
To do badly; to make a mess of.
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mandare a monte »
To mess up, to ruin.
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mess around »
To fiddle idly.
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mess around »
To joke, kid, or play.
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mess around »
To have a non-committal sexual relationship.
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mess of pottage »
Something of trivial value, especially of immediate value.
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mess up »
To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
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mess up »
To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
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mess up »
To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.
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mess up »
To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.
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mess up »
To make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior.
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mess up »
To damage; injure.
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mess up »
To manhandle; beat up; rough up.
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mess up »
To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.
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mess with »
To interfere.
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mess with »
To diss; to put down.
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mixed message »
Any communication that is contradictory, inconsistent, or unclear, especially in its motive or intent.
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mop up »
To clean with a mop; especially to clean up a spill or mess.
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proverbs run in pairs »
Every proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.
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rag bagger »
A sailboat, usually a cruising sailboats which tend to carry and store lots of supplies along the deck, or any sailboat that looks like a neglected vessel, or messy vessel.
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rag bagger »
A sailor who tends to sail on messy cruising vessels.
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see a man about a horse »
A message signaling one needs to go missing for a short while, for any reason, without giving a real explanation.
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shoot the messenger »
To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it.
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smoke signal »
A method of long-distance communication sometimes used in ancient and undeveloped societies, consisting of messages conveyed by means of columns or intermittent puffs of smoke.
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smoke signal »
An indirect message or indication, especially concerning a future event.
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stepping razor »
A dangerous person, who is not to be messed with.
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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get »
(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."
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victory at sea »
Ocean conditions very windblown and messy, possibly to the point of being inimical to surfing and other water sports.
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when the shit hits the fan »
A reference to the messy consequences of a secret or private situation becoming public.
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