I could already see that it was a messy situation.

That's a messy situation, and I'm caught right in the middle of it.

As another insider told me, "it's made an already complex situation extremely messy."

Somewhere there had to be a fast, simple solution to this increasingly messy situation.

The move could be the beginning of a messy situation for the Giants.

Without adequate power, we'd be looking at a very messy situation.

We're both doing our best to set a very messy situation to rights.

The government attempted to correct the messy situation which had developed.

There is often no clear plan for messy situations like Iraq.

We have a right to protest, but as a result of these young people, everything becomes a real messy situation.