make a dog's dinner (of something)



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!
See also: dinner, make

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tygo-Dutch
Odilia-Ancient Germanic
Ballin['bælin]
Sofiyasah-FEE-yah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
LÜTfÜ-Turkish
Yakim-Russian