mell of a hess
mell of a hess
A humorous and deliberate miswording of "hell of a mess," meaning a very problematic situation that is extremely difficult to rectify, or a very large mess that will be tedious or time-consuming to clean up or organize. Welp, this sure is a mell of a hess you've landed us in this time—how are we going to get out of this one? Sarah and her friends left one mell of a hess in the living room after their slumber party.
See also: mell, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
mell of a hess
Inf. a hell of a mess. (A deliberate spoonerism.) What a mell of a hess you've gotten us into this time. Have you ever seen such a mell of a hess?
See also: mell, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
mell of a hess
n. hell of a mess. (A deliberate spoonerism.) What a mell of a hess you’ve gotten us into this time.
See also: mell, of
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- mell
- a hell of a mess
- hell of a mess
- mess of
- mess of (something)
- mess with
- mess with (someone or something)
- mess with someone/something
- get out of a mess
- get out of a/this/that mess