a dog's dinner
a dog's dinner
Something that is very messy and/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 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