the wreck of the Hesperus
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the wreck of the Hesperus
A disorderly or unkempt state. The phrase comes from the title of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1842 poem 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?
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