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
IlseIL-sə (German)German, Dutch
NaphtaliNAF-tə-lie (English)Biblical
Terezija-Slovene, Croatian
Roswitha-German
Mayes[meiz]
Dzvonimir-Macedonian