mess of
Tangled pile of
A mess of is an informal quantity meaning a large or generous amount, especially of food: a mess of greens, a mess of catfish.
The phrase is particularly common in Southern American English and suggests enough for a meal or more.
It can extend beyond food to mean simply a lot of something: a mess of trouble.
- tangleTwisted mass of strands
- tangled webComplex network of deceit
- rat's nestTangled matted mess
- heapJumbled collection of items
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
clutter · chaos · disaster · train wreck · hodgepodge · confusion · snarl · pile · muddle · shambles · wreck · disarray · knot · spaghetti · scramble · dog's breakfast · fiasco · botch