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
Louiseloo-EEZ (French, English), loo-EE-se (Danish)French, English, Danish, Swedish, Dutch
Ezgİ-Turkish
SherylSHER-əlEnglish
Marita (2)-Swedish, Norwegian
Arnout-Dutch
Fortunata-Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman