lío
mess ; jumble ; hassle ; cock-up ; bedlam ; snarl ; snarl-up ; a pretty kettle of fish ; a fine kettle of fish ; palaver ; predicament ; rigmarole [rigamarole] ; muck-up ; can of worms ; scrape ; bovver ; entanglement.
'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.
The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.
In subsequent years, Bethlem became 'Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.
His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.
However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.
A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.
Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.
Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.
Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.
We realise it's nobody's fault, but it's such a muck-up.
Had you done that 14 years ago, you would have had a much smaller can of worms to deal with.
he could not understand how a person of my evident intelligence should get into such a scrape.
These uneducated buffoons will be out in force tonight eagerly looking for that opportunity to cause some 'bovver'.
The humorous tale of Juan Dominguez, an incorrigible skirt chaser, starts with his arrival in Mexico City after fleeing his hometown because of his entanglements with women.
armarse un lío
get into + a muddle
And if you get into a muddle, you can just reset it and start over again!.
armar un lío
kick up + a fuss
kick up + a stink
raise + a stink
make + a stink (about)
make + a racket
make + trouble
make + a row
make + a ruckus
kick up + a row
hit + the roof
kick up + a storm
hit + the ceiling
go through + the roof
go through + the ceiling
raise + the roof
make + a big deal about
If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up - I hope his parents don't raise a stink - and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
When she heard that, she hit the roof - and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened.
Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon.
It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that.
Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it.
I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to.
I understand he raised the roof when he read the report.
He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it.
¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! [Palabras de uno de los personajes de Walter Scott que hoy día se utiliza como cita]
O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to retrieve...
en un lío
in a (pretty) pickle
in a turmoil
in a twirl
We were in a pickle too and no mistake.
The world is in a turmoil and the mood is for rebellion.
I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
estar hecho un lío
be at sixes and sevens with
be in a tizz(y)
She told me that I was all at sixes and sevens with my eight times table and that it was 'back to square one' for me.
Apparently the school was in a tizzy not knowing how to handle the situation.
hacerse un lío
be in a tizz(y)
get into + a muddle
Apparently the school was in a tizzy not knowing how to handle the situation.
And if you get into a muddle, you can just reset it and start over again!.
lío amoroso
fling
affair
emotional affair
But the man who became famous for his flings believes celibacy is a revolutionary act to strengthen his spiritual journey.
Due to his many children and multiple affairs, he also came to be worshipped as the god of fertility.
She sounds like she has enough on her plate as it is, and she definitely doesn't need an emotional affair to confuse her even more.
lío sentimental
affair
fling
emotional affair
Due to his many children and multiple affairs, he also came to be worshipped as the god of fertility.
But the man who became famous for his flings believes celibacy is a revolutionary act to strengthen his spiritual journey.
She sounds like she has enough on her plate as it is, and she definitely doesn't need an emotional affair to confuse her even more.
meterse en líos
get in(to) + trouble
get into + difficulties
get into + a mess
get into + a fix
get into + a jam
get into + a pickle
get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess
A child who reads a lot is often said to be a 'good' child because while he is reading he doesn't 'get into trouble'.
When Kodak got into difficulties, they closed up shop in north Toronto and demolished all of their buildings.
There are generally two schools of thought on how we get into a mess of this sort: the conspiracy theory and the cock-up theory.
This way you do not get into a fix and land up with a debt which you do not have the capacity to pay back.
I believe firmly in the axiom that getting into a jam from time to time brings out the best in us.
Toyota seems to have got into a pickle with this product recall issue, but they remain one of the best motor vehicle makers in the world.
She got herself into a fine mess doing It but nobody said a word in reproof.
meterse en un lío
be in trouble
get into + a predicament
get into + a muddle
The moment we relax on it - we are no longer forced to do it, and it often is not done, and the connection is not made - then we are in trouble.
In property investing, you have to always be on your guard to avoid certain decisions that can get you into a predicament.
And if you get into a muddle, you can just reset it and start over again!.
no meterse en líos
keep out of + trouble
While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.
¡qué lío!
what a palaver!
I never realised what a palaver finding the owner to something you found could cause.
tener un lío amoroso
have + an affair
have + a fling
It was only when I saw Ron's car outside Penny's house that the penny finally dropped and I realised they were having an affair.
The most obvious downside to having a fling is the fact that it is short term.
