mell of a hessn.

Brit.

/ˌmɛl əv ə ˈhɛs/,

/ˈmɛl əv ə ˌhɛs/, U.S.

/ˌmɛl əv ə ˈhɛs/,

/ˈmɛl əv ə ˌhɛs/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English hell of a mess.

Etymology: < hell of a mess (see hell n. and int. Phrases 4a and mess n.¹ 3) with euphemistic or humorous transposition of initial letters.

U.S. colloquial.

A complete mess. Cf. hell n. and int. Phrases 4a.

ΚΠ

1938 Port Arthur (Texas) News 18 Sept. 3/8 Chamberlain went back to London to report to the cabinet that things down Czechoslovakia way were in one mell of a hess.

1986 R. L. Chapman New Dict. Amer. Slang 276/1 You better come over, Doc, there's a mell of a hess here.

1990 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 19 Feb. b6 In 1943, I thought this city was exquisite..today I view it as a mell-of-a-hess.

1999 Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel (Nexis) 3 Oct. a2 If you..bump into someone carrying a dozen glass jars it makes one mell of a hess.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mell of a hess
释义	mell of a hessn. Brit. /ˌmɛl əv ə ˈhɛs/, /ˈmɛl əv ə ˌhɛs/, U.S. /ˌmɛl əv ə ˈhɛs/, /ˈmɛl əv ə ˌhɛs/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English hell of a mess. Etymology: < hell of a mess (see hell n. and int. Phrases 4a and mess n.¹ 3) with euphemistic or humorous transposition of initial letters. U.S. colloquial. A complete mess. Cf. hell n. and int. Phrases 4a. ΚΠ 1938 Port Arthur (Texas) News 18 Sept. 3/8 Chamberlain went back to London to report to the cabinet that things down Czechoslovakia way were in one mell of a hess. 1986 R. L. Chapman New Dict. Amer. Slang 276/1 You better come over, Doc, there's a mell of a hess here. 1990 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 19 Feb. b6 In 1943, I thought this city was exquisite..today I view it as a mell-of-a-hess. 1999 Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel (Nexis) 3 Oct. a2 If you..bump into someone carrying a dozen glass jars it makes one mell of a hess. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1938
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