messed up vs neat as a pin

messed up

adj

  • In disorder. 

  • Damaged. 

  • Intoxicated, drunk. 

  • Morally reprehensible; clearly and grossly objectionable. 

neat as a pin

adj

  • (simile) Very neat and tidy. 

How often have the words messed up and neat as a pin occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )