shambles

pagaille, désordre

Lieu ou situation extrêmement désordonné ou très mal organisé.

En anglais simple : A place or situation that is extremely messy or badly organized.

• My room is a shambles.
• The move left our kitchen in a shambles.
• Without a clear plan, the whole event became a shambles.

Synonymes : mess, chaos

Expressions courantes : a complete shambles, in a shambles, a total shambles

pagaille, désastre

Lieu ou situation dans un grand désordre, très mal organisé ou gravement endommagé.

En anglais simple : A place or situation that is very messy, badly organized, or seriously damaged.

• The kitchen is a shambles.
• Their travel arrangements were in shambles.
• The builders left the house a complete shambles.

Comment l'utiliser : be a shambles (The whole event was a shambles.); be in shambles (Their plans were in shambles after the storm.)

Synonymes : mess, chaos, disaster

Contraires : order

Expressions courantes : a complete shambles, in shambles, leave something a shambles

lieu de carnage

Lieu où beaucoup de personnes ont été tuées ou où les destructions sont importantes.

En anglais simple : A place where many people have been killed or much has been destroyed.

• The battlefield was a shambles.
• After the attack, the square became a bloody shambles.
• Smoke rose above the shambles where the village had stood.

Synonymes : scene of carnage

Expressions courantes : a bloody shambles, battlefield shambles

abattoir

Bâtiment où l’on tue les animaux pour leur viande.

En anglais simple : A building where animals are killed for meat.

• Cattle were led into the shambles.
• The old shambles stood beside the market.
• Butchers worked in the shambles before dawn.

Synonymes : slaughterhouse, abattoir

Expressions courantes : the town shambles, cattle shambles