present participle of mess up

plural of mess of pottage

(nautical, idiomatic) To die, to perish.

Synonym of when you mess with the bull, you get the horns

A civil parish in Colchester district, Essex, England, which includes these two villages

Synonym of when you mess with the bull, you get the horns

To make an unfavorable exchange, especially of something of great, but deferred value for something of very low, but immediate value.

Synonym of when you mess with the bull, you get the horns

(informal) If you provoke somebody, you can expect an aggressive reaction.

A message written on a scrap of paper, rolled-up and put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean; traditionally, a method used by castaways to advertise their distress to the outside world.