a dog's dinner
a dog's dinner
A mess. I really need to clean out my closet—it's starting to look like a dog's dinner in there. I thought I could trust Jim to finish the business proposal, but he made a dog's dinner of the whole thing. If you borrow my car, please don't let the kids make it into a dog's dinner, OK? I don't want to be finding crumbs in there for the next six months.
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a dog's dinner (or breakfast)
a poor piece of work; a mess. British informal The image is of a dog's meal of jumbled-up scraps.
2000 Independent He was rightly sacked because he had made such a dog's dinner of an important job.
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a dog’s ˈbreakfast/ˈdinner
(British English, informal) a very untidy piece of work; a mess: Don’t ask Julie to help you with the decorating — she made a complete dog’s breakfast of painting the kitchen!Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
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