make a mess of's Usage Examples:

as it stands is just too primitive, it is too much an invitation to make a mess of one's program.

in the dialect of the west of England to make a skiffle meaning to make a mess of any business is attested from 1873.

couple of friends, Forrest and Graham, watch Buffy as she manages to make a mess of the soda machine and yogurt machine.

True to form, Trevor even manages to make a mess of these jobs when he strikes a water main — flooding the market — and.

relationships: "one must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life".

all of whom tell her they are no longer friends as she has managed to make a mess of all their lives causing her to continue drinking.

Japanese, Operation Crimson was "a full-blooded operation" designed to "make a mess of the air base and harbour installations and wreck any vessels found sheltering.

But inept direction and a muddled screenplay make a mess of the already flimsy story".

The expression "put (one's) foot in something" meaning to "make a mess of it" was used in 1823.

career as you only referee the final once, you are desperate not to make a mess of it.

I didn’t want to make a mess of it.

The Gauls soon quickly make a mess of the show, winning a chariot race and easily beating down a number of.

is about to drive for his cue, Bart attacks him in the jeep and they make a mess of the set.

Troubled, the boys become drunk on the wine that they bought for Maria and make a mess of Marek's flat.

Actually they make a mess of the whole performance.

series of tests, they struggle to clear a runway on a frozen lake, make a mess of things in a local village, before attempting to open up a mountain pass.

and said "I was a rotten pilot, I always seemed to make a mess of landing.

Synonyms:

overdo; do; exaggerate;

Antonyms:

desensitize; calmness; delay; decompression;