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unholy mess
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unholy mess
arsy-varsiness, bind, clutch, clutter, complication, crunch, embarrassing position, embarrassment, farrago, fine how-do-you-do, hash, hell to pay, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hobble, hodgepodge, hot water, how-do-you-do, hysteron proteron, imbroglio, jam, jumble, litter, mess, mishmash, mix, morass, parlous straits, pass, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, quagmire, quicksand, scramble, scrape, slough, spot, squeeze, stew, sticky wicket, strait, straits, swamp, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, tricky spot, tumble, turmoil, welterFor further exploring for "unholy mess" in Webster Dictionary Online