We are all a mess, even when we're done tidying.

我们所有人都是一团糟，哪怕是完成了整理之后。

youdao

Nothing would please him but to punt all day and every day, and a nice mess he made of it.

除了整天整天地撑船，把船弄得一团糟之外，什么也不能使他高兴。

youdao

It's all a bit of a mess.

它整个有点儿乱。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

This puts the British Government in an embarrassing situation of owning a failing mortgage lender, so they've got to now be the government collecting on all these mortgages; it's a mess.

承认其银行抵押贷款出现严重问题,着实令英国政府颜面扫地,所以现在不得不由政府出面,收购所有这些抵押贷款,真是一团乱

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But there is little sign of things being done: the city's schools, health services, housing and public transport are all in a mess.

ECONOMIST: Brazil

It was all a bit of a mess.

ECONOMIST: Obituary

He was too awkward to be contained, all angles, a mess of elbows and knees, and deceptively strong.

NEWYORKER: Midnight in Dostoevsky