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
TammiTAM-eeEnglish
AljoŠA-Slovene, Croatian
Skuld-Norse Mythology
HansHAHNS (German, Dutch)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Sashka-Macedonian, Bulgarian
FronaFRO-nəEnglish