Dog's breakfast (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A poor job; a mess
Example:
they made a real dog's breakfast of that job
Synonyms:
dog's breakfast; dog's dinner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dog's breakfast" is a kind of...):
fix; hole; jam; kettle of fish; mess; muddle; pickle (informal terms for a difficult situation)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)