lose the number of one's mess
To die, to perish.
"What do you think we come to sea for? If we can take a man-of-war of our own size she's worth half a dozen merchant craft, though, to be sure, some of us may lose the number of ou
mess
/mɛs/
noun 9verb 8name 1
Collocations
16(noun.)
ADJ
absolute, complete, real, right, total
appalling, awful, bloody
The kitchen was in an awful mess after the children made cookies.
nasty, terrible | confusing
tangled, untidy
After the party, the living room was an untidy mess that took hours to clean up.
gooey, slimy, soggy, sticky
emotional
After the accident, Sarah felt like an emotional mess and couldn't stop crying.
economic, financial
VERB + MESS
leave, make
After the party, the children had made quite a mess in the living room.
clean up, clear up, tidy up, wipe up
feel
After the long flight and missed connections, Sarah felt like a complete mess.
look
create, get sb into
His careless driving created a terrible mess on the highway yesterday.
deal with, get sb out of, sort out
PREP
in a ~
My bedroom was in such a mess that I couldn't find my phone anywhere.
~ of
The garden became a tangled mess of weeds after we stopped maintaining it.
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