make a dog's breakfast (of something)



make a dog's breakfast (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 breakfast of the whole thing.
See also: breakfast, make

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Secundinus-Ancient Roman
EnsioEN-see-oFinnish
Mira (2)-Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Polish
Jabril-Arabic
PetrusPE-truws (German)Dutch, German, Biblical Latin
OphrahAWF-rə (English)Biblical