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
Tinek-Slovene
Luke[lu:k]
Kasim-Turkish
Rashed-Arabic
BambangBAHM-bahngIndonesian, Javanese
Vlasta-Czech, Croatian, Serbian