follón
muddle ; cock-up ; bedlam ; ruckus ; scandal ; a pretty kettle of fish ; a fine kettle of fish ; palaver ; rigmarole [rigamarole] ; can of worms ; ruck ; bovver.
The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves.
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.
Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.
The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' - drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
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.
The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.
Had you done that 14 years ago, you would have had a much smaller can of worms to deal with.
She might look quite frail but you don't want to get into a ruck with this old bag.
These uneducated buffoons will be out in force tonight eagerly looking for that opportunity to cause some 'bovver'.
¡qué follón!
what a palaver!
I never realised what a palaver finding the owner to something you found could cause.
en un follón
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.
meterse en follones
get in(to) + trouble
get into + difficulties
get into + a mess
get into + a fix
get into + a jam
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.
She got herself into a fine mess doing It but nobody said a word in reproof.
montar un follón
raise + a stink
make + a stink (about)
make + a racket
make + a row
make + a ruckus
raise + hell
raise + Cain
'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.
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.
American progressives have in recent decades gotten too shy, or too afraid, to raise hell about injustice and unfairness.
Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding.