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
A&Eth;Alsteinn-Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Nerissa-Literature
Alvinaal-VEEN-əEnglish
Augustinas-Lithuanian
Fallon['fælən]
Imrich-Slovak