a dog's dinner

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• dog's dinner — Something that is a dog s dinner is a real mess …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• dog's dinner — noun a poor job; a mess they made a real dog s breakfast of that job • Syn: ↑dog s breakfast • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingd …   Useful english dictionary

• dog's dinner — • overdressed or or in a mess. eg. He was done up like a dog s dinner or You ve made a right dogs dinner of this ! …   Londonisms dictionary

• dog's dinner — n a. an extravagant display, especially a vulgar, misguided or unsuccessful attempt at smartness. The expression, which dates from the late 1920s, usually forms part of a phrase such as all done up like a dog s dinner . b. a mess. In this… …   Contemporary slang

• dog's dinner — Noun. 1. A mess. Cf. dog s breakfast . 2. See done up like a dog s dinner …   English slang and colloquialisms

• Dog's dinner — If you make a real mess of something it might be described as a real dog s dinner. A bit like some joint Anglo American approaches to Eastern Europe for example! …   The American's guide to speaking British

• dog's dinner —    Something that is a dog s dinner is a real mess.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Dog's dinner —   Something that is a dog s dinner is a real mess …   Dictionary of English idioms

• dog's dinner —  Meal of scraps of left over food. Used met. for (sometimes unsuccessful) attempt at stylish dress. Hence done up like a dog s dinner Wearing conspicuous (or incongruous) clothes …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• a dog's dinner — ► a dog s dinner (or breakfast) Brit. informal a mess. Main Entry: ↑dog …   English terms dictionary

• dog's dinner — noun A complete mess. The Polizei had made a dogs dinner of this. Vera would have done better, no doubt of it. It now remained to be seen whether the Law would do better. Syn: dogs breakfast …   Wiktionary