"the house was a mess"
"she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
"he got into a terrible fix"
"he made a muddle of his marriage"
"a mess of porridge"
"a batch of letters"
"a deal of trouble"
"a lot of money"
"he made a mint on the stock market"
"see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"
"it must have cost plenty"
"a slew of journalists"
"a wad of money"
"He messed up his room"