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1 a dog's dinner
n BrE infmlHe made such a dog's dinner of a job you won't believe it — Чтобы так испортить все дело, это надо уметь
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2 a dog's breakfast
(или dinner)paзг. пpeнeбp.1) xaлтуpa, нeумeлo или нeбpeжнo cдeлaннaя paбoтaThe battle was really almost lost before it began. The whole business was a complete dog's breakfast. If you had obeyed my instructions and worked more slowly you wouldn't have made such a dog's dinner of the job2) ничтoжный, пpeзpeнный чeлoвeк, ничтoжecтвo; ♦ пуcтoe мecтoYou talk to me as if I was the dog's dinner (A. Sillitoe). As for the party I don't remember much of it. I felt like a second-class dog's dinner (S. Price)
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