Idiom
in a right state
Meaning
in a mess or in a state of chaos; very unkempt, in poor condition.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My room is in a right state after the party.”
“The old house had been empty for years and was in a right state when we finally moved in.”
“After the storm destroyed the garden, the flowerbeds were in a right state, requiring weeks of hard labor to restore them to their former beauty.”
Examples
simple
“My room is in a right state after the party.”
contextual
“The old house had been empty for years and was in a right state when we finally moved in.”
complex
“After the storm destroyed the garden, the flowerbeds were in a right state, requiring weeks of hard labor to restore them to their former beauty.”
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