crazy quilt

• Colcha o manta hecha de retazos de tela de formas irregulares sin un patrón definido; también se usa metafóricamente para describir algo desorganizado, caótico o compuesto de elementos dispares que no combinan.

A patchwork quilt made from irregularly shaped pieces of fabric sewn together without a set pattern, often used metaphorically to describe something that is disorganized, haphazard, or composed of mismatched elements.

1. Patchwork blanketB2formal

   A type of quilt made from irregularly shaped pieces of fabric sewn together in a random pattern.

   colcha de retazos irregulares

   • She inherited a beautiful crazy quilt from her grandmother.
   • The crazy quilt was made from scraps of old clothing.
   • He admired the intricate stitching on the crazy quilt.

2. Disorganized mixtureC1informal

   A collection of things that are mixed together in a disorganized or haphazard way.

   Mezcolanza disparatada

   • The city's architecture is a crazy quilt of different styles.
   • His speech was a crazy quilt of unrelated ideas.
   • The report was a crazy quilt of facts and opinions.