I'm in a mess
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ì y ī Xi ā of ù, which means that the clothes break the stomach and hunger; it describes the hardship of life. It comes from shangzong Zhishu.
The origin of Idioms
GUI Youguang's shangzong Zhishu in Ming Dynasty: "so the rich are poor, and the poor die. The undead are bared and severely restrained."
Idiom usage
He is poor in life.
I'm in a mess
have talent but no opportunity to use it - wén zhāng zèng mìng