Subject | English | Russian |
gen. | everything was in a mess | всё было перепутано |
gen. | everything was in a mess | всё было в беспорядке |
idiom. | everything was in a mess in the Oblonskys' house | всё смешалось в доме Облонских ('Everything was in a mess in the Oblonskys' house as Leo Tolstoy so truly put it, a remark which applied exactly to the present situation. |