fine mess
- pickleVinegar-preserved vegetable
- jamCooked fruit spread
- predicamentDifficult, unpleasant situation
- muddleDisordered, bewildered state
- troubleDifficulty or distress
sticky · situation · blunder · chaos · disaster · snafu · fiasco · scrape · hot water · bind · tangle · botch · quagmire · shambles · kerfuffle · debacle · havoc · oops
- predicamentspredicament, dilemma, bind, pickle, pinch
situation quality
fine messsmooth sailing
Untroubled progress forward
stroke of luck · happy ending · blessing · godsend · windfall
order versus disorder
fine messclean slate
Record wiped clear
well-oiled machine · shipshape · orderliness · harmony · coherence
situational order
fine messsmooth sailing
Untroubled progress forward
clean slate · calm waters · peace and quiet · equilibrium · stability