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
Lang[læŋ]
Dorottya-Hungarian
Keen[ki:n]
MaileMIE-leHawaiian
Moss-English (Archaic), Jewish
Narek-Armenian