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Polish term

Meksyk

Polish to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters slang
Cale zdanie: "No jakiś Meksyk" "Totalny Meksyk", itp. Każdy chyba wie, o co chodzi. Tłumaczę dowody w sprawie, korespondencja na jakimś komunikatorze miedzy dwiema paniami na temat niesnasek rodzinnych, różnych zawirowań personalnych, komentarzy co do zachowań różnych osób, itd.

Pojawia się dość często w różnych konfiguracjach.

Ktoś ma jakiś ciekawy pomysł?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 a total mess
4 +1 It is a whole big mess
3 a total chaos and confusion /the case of lame leading the blind/a total anarchy
3 bedlam
2 it's a jungle

Discussion

Joanna Carroll (asker) Jan 24, 2016:
i've checked with my own recently grown up teenager who informs me they'd say 'it's mad, man' not very imaginative I know...
Darius Saczuk Jan 24, 2016:
US teenagers normally use "mess-based" collocations or "messed up".
Joanna Carroll (asker) Jan 24, 2016:
widzę, że dyskusja idzie w pole, więc czas zamknąć pytanie. Dziękuję wszystkim za pomoc. Tłumaczenie pójdzie jako 'total madness'. I'll close this without grading, mam nadzieje, że się nie obrazicie, ale skoro nie mogę przyznać punktów wszystkim...
George BuLah (X) Jan 24, 2016:
:))
short days in October
George BuLah (X) Jan 24, 2016:
how about "Beer/Monachium" ? ;)
George BuLah (X) Jan 24, 2016:
:)) he he ... to dajmy ... Buthan z jego wskaźnikiem opadającego zadowolenia... brutto :)
George BuLah (X) Jan 24, 2016:
no właśnie - słuszna i bardzo przytomna uwaga -- jak na razie - mamy reakcje na... Sajgon
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Jan 23, 2016:
It is like inmates running the asylum.
https://jmdemma.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/insane.jpg
a tangled web of machiavellian machinations
Joanna Carroll (asker) Jan 23, 2016:
was considering madhouse but it's too contained for my context - it's a family spread across two countries with friends meddling at both ends.
shambles smells too much of failure...
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Jan 23, 2016:
More in the teenage vernacular, "like you know, a total riot, man."
petrolhead Jan 23, 2016:
shambles Zawsze można użyć „shambles”

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/shambles
Joanna Carroll (asker) Jan 23, 2016:
thank you everyone for such a great variety of suggestions. i like bedlam, as very British but I feel it may be a bit too 'posh' for my ladies' register... Also mental health connotations may be a bit too strong. mayhem is another good one but also too high brow. I'm looking for teenage vernacular.
I had 'total madness' originally which i think is neutral enough.

Proposed translations

9 mins

a total chaos and confusion /the case of lame leading the blind/a total anarchy

options
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2 mins

It is a whole big mess

Plus its variations

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"Hot mess" meaning and etymology - English Language
Wiktionary, the "figurative" usage of hot mess is: (slang, idiomatic, chiefly southern US) A person, thing, or situation in a state of pitiful disarray.

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Other options commonly used in the US:

MAYHEM, MADHOUSE or EVERYTHING IS FUCKED UP

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EXAMPLES:

mess - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/me...
The whole situation is a mess. Let's try to sort out the mess. The biggest question is how they got into this mess in the first place. (ironic) That's another fine mess

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Residents asked to help tackle silent killer of air pollution ...
www.lbhf.gov.uk/.../Resi...
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Aug 11, 2015 - I live near St Jame''s school (private) every morning or afternoon, it is a mayhem as parents are leaving or picking up their little ones.

"It's A Madhouse" - At Least 6 Dead, 12 Missing As Floods ...
www.zerohedge.com/.../its-madhouse-least-6-dead-12-missin.....
Zero Hedge
May 26, 2015 - "We got hammered," Houston's emergency management coordinator Rick Flanagan told CNN, and as the following stunning images show...

Oh, who am I trying to kid? It's a madhouse. The minute ...
www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/richarddea277773.html
It's a madhouse. The minute those cameras go off, things just explode, everyone is just at each other in one way or another, in closets or cat fights here and there.

Thomas World - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=159780309X
Richard Cox - 2011 - ‎Fiction
“I mean the whole thing is fucked up, man. You got fired from your job, your wife left you, all in the span of twenty four hours?” This guy Dick really is a dick.


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Remington: An Introduction to Pharmacy
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0857111043
Loyd V. Allen - 2013 - ‎Medical
In recent news on the job market, the industry journalist Ed Silverman said that, “It's a whole big mess the pharmaceutical industry is in...

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A whole BIG mess. I Require attention to this matt ...
community.talktalk.co.uk/t5/My.../A-whole-BIG-mess-I.../722362
May 2, 2012 - Sky could not transfer my service, they said the line was not free to do so. Even though I gave TT adequate time and the date to cease my ...

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And $14.5 Million of the Astor Family Fortune Goes to...
www.townandcountrymag.com/.../and-the-astor-family...
Town & Country
Jul 30, 2015 - Basically, this is a whole big mess. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Anthony's father was Astor's first husband, but Brooke's wealth ...
Peer comment(s):
agree mike23
13 hrs
Thanks, Mike.
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5 hrs

it's a jungle

... out there

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it's a zoo

it's such a zoo
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+2
12 hrs

a total mess

Most common
Peer comment(s):
agree mike23
36 mins
agree petrolhead : albo "royal mess" http://pl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Royal mess
1 day 4 hrs
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13 hrs

bedlam

Dorzucę swoje, staromodne, gdyby jednak potrzebny był odpowiednik nawiązujący do miejsca

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bedlam

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/bedlam

Swoją drogą, chyba nie słyszałem słowa „meksyk” w takim kontekście, Raczej przeważa „sajgon” .
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