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
WojciechVOI-chekhPolish
Eyal-Hebrew
Aleksanderahl-ek-SAHN-der (Polish)Polish, Slovene, Albanian, Estonian, Norwegian, Danish
Asli-Turkish
CemİLe-Turkish
Kshitij-Indian, Hindi, Marathi