Home & living
look like a bomb has hit it
be extremely messy
To be extremely untidy or disorganized.
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Why is the living room so untidy?
The children were playing here all afternoon, so it looks like a bomb has hit it.
The spare bedroom looks like a bomb has hit it after we moved house.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My room looks like a bomb has hit there.
Say: My room looks like a bomb has hit it.
In this fixed expression, "it" refers to the messy room or place.
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How it fits in a sentence.
look like a bomb has hit it; look as if a bomb has hit it
Your turn: say it out loud
The spare bedroom looks like a bomb has hit it after we moved house.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
look like a bomb has hit it
be extremely messy
“The spare bedroom looks like a bomb has hit it after we moved house.”
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