| ترجمات رئيسية |
| mess n | (dirty condition) | قذر، وسخ |
| | Most of the house was spotless, but the bathroom was a mess. |
| | كان معظم البيت نظيفًا جدًّا، إلا الحمّام الذي كان وسخًا. |
| a mess (of [sth]) n | (disorder) | فوضى، بلا ترتيب |
| | His desk was a mess of papers and books. |
| | كانت الأوراق والكتب موضوعة بلا ترتيب على مكتبه. |
| mess n | (jumble) | ركام، فوضى |
| | Look at the mess on your desk! |
| | انظر إلى هذه الفوضى على مكتبك! |
| mess n | figurative (disorder) | حالة سيئة |
| | This project is a mess. It is going to take me days to fix it. |
| | هذا المشروع بحالة سيئة وتلزمني عدة أيام لإصلاحه. |
| mess n | figurative (difficult situation) | مأزق، ورطة |
| | The most famous line from Laurel and Hardy is, "That's another fine mess you've got me into!" |
| | أشهر عبارة تتردّد في حلقات "لوريل وهاردي" هي: "هذا مأزق كبير آخر تورّطني فيه!". |
أفعال مركّبيّة
mess | mess hall |
mess around,
also UK: mess about vi phrasal | informal (be frivolous) | يعبث |
| | Stop messing around and let's discuss this seriously. |
| | توقف عن العبث، ودعنا نناقش الأمر بجدية. |
mess around,
also UK: mess about vi phrasal | informal (be unproductive) | يتسكع، يضيّع الوقت |
| | My husband is messing around in the garage - I've no idea what he's doing in there. |
mess around with [sth],
also UK: mess about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (tamper, play with) | يعبث بشيء |
| | He enjoyed messing around with boats. |
mess around with [sth],
also UK: mess about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (spoil by fussing) | يفسد شيئًا |
| | Your painting is fine now; don't mess around with it any more or you will ruin it. |
mess around with [sb],
also UK: mess about with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | slang (tease) | يمزح مع شخص |
| | | يمزح بغلاظة |
| | Why are you so upset? We were just messing around with you. |
mess around with [sb],
also UK: mess about with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | slang (have an affair) | يعبث مع شخص، يقيم علاقة غرامية مع شخص |
| | Helen caught her husband messing around with another woman. |
mess [sb] around,
also UK: mess [sb] about vtr phrasal insep | slang (treat disrespectfully) | يزعج شخصًا، يقلل من قيمة شخص |
| | I'm sorry to mess you around, but I need to change the date of our meeting. |
mess [sth] up,
mess up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (make untidy) | يبعثر، يخرّب |
| | The wind messed up the neat piles of papers, scattering them all over the room. |
mess [sth] up,
mess up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (spoil, botch) | يفسد |
| | This is important, so try not to mess it up. |
| mess up vi phrasal | figurative, slang (make serious mistake) | يخطئ، يفسد الأمر |
| | This is your last chance, so don't mess up! |
| | هذه فرصتك الأخيرة، فلا تفسد الأمر! |
mess [sb] up,
mess up [sb] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, slang (cause emotional problems) | يضعضع |
| | The death of Charlotte's boyfriend really messed her up. |
| mess with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | slang (anger) | يعبث مع شخص، يُغضب شخصًا |
| | Don't mess with Stan because he'll smash your face in. |
| mess with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | slang (tease) | يعبث مع شخص، يستفز شخصًا |
| | It's just so much fun to mess with him! |
| mess with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | slang (meddle with) | يتدخل في شيء |
| | I'm sick of you messing with things that don't concern you! |
صيغ مركبة:
mess | mess hall |
| a bit of a mess n | UK, informal (chaotic) (فوضوي) | قليل من الفوضى |
| | His love life's a bit of a mess. |
| a bit of a mess n | informal (difficult situation) (وضع صعب) | قليل من الفوضى |
| | To say that the economy is in a bit of a mess is putting it mildly. |
| a bit of a mess n | informal (place: untidy) (مكان: غير مرتّب) | قليل من الفوضى |
| | My house is a bit of a mess, but please come in. |
| a fine mess n | informal (situation: awkward) | وضع حرج |
| | The lies we told got us into a fine mess when everyone found out the truth. |
| | Now you've done it! Look at the fine mess you've gotten us into. |
| a mess of pottage n | figurative (paltry sum) | شيء زهيد، مبلغ زهيد |
| | You are offering nothing but a mess of pottage. |
| bloody mess n | (scene: gory) | منظر دموي مريع، حمّام دم |
| | The body had been horrifically mutilated; it was a bloody mess. |
| bloody mess n | potentially offensive, informal, UK (job: incompetent) | يُفسد |
| | You've made a bloody mess of the whole situation. |
| bloody mess n | potentially offensive, informal, UK (place: untidy) | كثير الفوضى، عديم الترتيب |
| | This place is a bloody mess! It hasn't been tidied in weeks. |
| bloody mess n | potentially offensive, informal, UK (disorder) | تشويش تام، اضطراب تام |
| | The cataloguing system was a bloody mess, you couldn't find anything. |
| have your hair in a mess v expr | (be dishevelled) | يكون شعره أشعث |
| | Sarah's clothes were covered in mud and she had her hair in a mess. |
| in a mess adj | (untidy, disordered) | غير مرتّب |
| | My son's bedroom is in a mess. |
| in a mess adv | informal (in a difficult situation) | في وضع سيئ |
| | The World economy is in a mess. |
| make a mess v expr | (create disorder or dirt) | يوسّخ المكان |
| | | يُحدث فوضى في المكان |
| | You can have your mates round for the evening so long as you promise not to make a mess. |
| | The kids have been making chocolate cake and they've made a mess with the batter in the kitchen. |
| make a mess of [sth] v expr | (make [sth] disordered or dirty) | يثير فوضى في شيء، يوسّخ شيئًا |
| | (في بعض المناطق) | يخرّب |
| | Don't make a mess of my nice clean living room. |
| make a mess of [sth] v expr | (get [sth] wrong) | يخرّب شيئًا، يفسد شيئًا |
| | The new guy has made a mess of this project; I'm going to have to redo it all. |
| mess kit n | (military: cooking utensils) (عند الجنود) | أدوات الطعام |
| | The troops were standing in line with their mess kits, waiting to eat. |
| mess tin n | (military: metal dish) (في العسكر: وعاء معدني) | قَصعة |
mess up [sb]'s hair,
mess [sb]'s hair up v expr | informal (make [sb]'s hair untidy) | يعبث بشعر شخص |
| | Don't mess up my hair - I've only just come from the hairdressers! |
| mess with [sth] vi + prep | (tamper) | يعبث بشيء |
| | Don't mess with those papers – I've just put them in order. |
| mess with [sth] vi + prep | informal (become involved with) | يتورط في شيء |
| | When he started messing with drugs, everything went downhill. |
| mess-up n | informal (mistake, blunder) | خطأ |
| | There was a mess-up with our hotel booking and we had to find somewhere else to stay. |
| | حصل خطأ في حجزنا للفندق، فاضطررنا للبحث عن مكان آخر نبيت فيه. |