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mess of

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(whole) mess of someone or something
Rur. a lot of someone or something. We went out on the lake and caught a whole mess of bluegill. I cooked up a mess of chili and had all my friends over to eat it.
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And yet, in the face of famine and the rigorous winter, he went out gayly in quest of a mess of trout, forsooth, because he "doted" on them
I've tried once to help things along and made an awful mess of it.
If you get your answer from his tongue, instead of his boot, the case is cleared up--unless I have made a complete mess of it.
 
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