awful mess meaning in English

烂摊子

At the beginning of liberation , the factory was an awful mess .
解放初，这个工厂是个烂摊子。
The children have made an awful mess in the lounge
孩子们把起居室弄得凌乱不堪
Everything is in an awful mess . you shouldn ' t have allowed the children to clamber about in the room
你不该让孩子们在房间里爬上爬下的,把房间弄得乱七八糟。
She make an awful mess in the house , and " looks like to be robbed " as the expressed it
于是廖佳的家就已经凌乱不堪了，用廖佳自己的话来说， “像遭了抢劫似的” 。
I judged that that piece of paper meant that miss sophia was to meet harney somewheres at half - past two and run off ; and i judged i ought to told her father about that paper and the curious way she acted , and then maybe he would a locked her up , and this awful mess wouldn t ever happened
我寻思起来，我原本应该把这张纸片的事以及她行动的怪异之处告诉她父亲的。这样，他父亲也许会把她关在房间里不许出来。这么一来，这多么可怕的灾祸就根本不会发生。