like the wreck of the Hesperus

like the wreck of the Hesperus

Very disorderly or unkempt. The phrase comes from the title of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1842 poem "The Wreck of the Hesperus," about a shipwreck. A: "Whoa, what happened to you? You look like the wreck of the Hesperus." B: "Ugh, I got caught in a torrential downpour." This room is like the wreck of the Hesperus. When on earth was the last time the kids cleaned up in here?

See also: Hesperus, like, of, wreck

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