You don't face any facts. This same damned attitude of not facing facts is what got you into this messy state of mind in the first place, and it can't possibly get you out of it."

你没有面对现实，这个不面对现实的态度,在最开始就使你的心变乱了,也无法让你抽身出来“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Arafat won't like this messy, checkerboard division of the real estate, but so what?

FORBES: Fact And Comment

There wasn't a lot of room for messy, ad hoc assumptions to make the model more closely fit the facts.

BBC: The Nobel prize, and the ONS

If Cyprus's problems aren't resolved by then, a messy default would follow.

WSJ: Island's Woes May Ripple Far Beyond the Shore