a dog's breakfast/dinner
a dog's breakfast
A mess. I really need to clean out my closet—it's starting to look like a dog's breakfast in there.
See also: breakfast
a dog's dinner
Something that is very messy or disorganized. I really need to clean out my closet—it's starting to look like a dog's dinner in there.
See also: dinner
a dog's breakfast
ora dog's dinner
BRITISHIf you call something a dog's breakfast or a dog's dinner, you mean that it is badly organized or very untidy. He labelled the Government's plans `a complete dog's breakfast'. Now she's having to watch as those whom she grew up with in politics are in Cabinet and making a dog's breakfast of it. The whole place was a bit of a dog's dinner, really.
See also: breakfast
a dog's dinner (or breakfast)
a poor piece of work; a mess. British informalThe 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.
See also: dinner