| 词汇 | dog's dinner |
| 释义 | Idiom dog's dinner British & Australian, informal something that has been done very badly.She tried to cut her hair and made a real dog's breakfast of it.You should have seen the ceiling after he'd finished painting it. It was a complete dog's breakfast. dog's dinner noun 1 used as a comparison for someone who is smartly dressed, stylishly or formally-attired. Variants of the comparison include 'dolled up like a dog's dinner'; 'done up like a dog's dinner'; 'dressed up like a dogs dinner'; and 'got up like a dog's dinner' UK, 1936. 2 a mess, a disgusting mess UK, 1997 make a dog's dinner (of something)To make a mess of or completely ruin something. I thought I could trust Jim to finish the business proposal, but he made a dog's dinner of the whole thing! |
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