dog's dinner
Chaotic unsightly result
A dog's dinner is a messy, disorganized, or bungled situation—something that's gone badly wrong or looks chaotic: They made a real dog's dinner of the budget negotiations.
Chiefly British.
The phrase evokes the unappetizing appearance of food scraped into a dog's bowl.
Confusingly, done up like a dog's dinner means dressed flashily or overdressed.
State of total disorder
- disarrayLack of order
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- muddleDisordered, bewildered state
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
hodgepodge · confusion · clutter · tangle · botch · snarl · mishmash · hash
shambles
State of total disorder
jumble · hodgepodge · confusion · clutter · tangle · botch · snarl · mishmash · hash · pig's ear
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
slovenly · bedraggled · frowzy · tatty · shabby · rumpled · gaudy · garish · overdressed · flashy
fiasco
Humiliating public failure
botched · bungled · shambles · catastrophe · flop · dud · washout · hash · cockup · balls-up
dog's dinnermasterpiece
Supreme artistic achievement
perfection · work of art · showpiece · neatness · tidiness
dog's dinnertriumph
Resounding, celebrated victory
success · tour de force · well-oiled machine · textbook example · masterpiece
dog's dinnerthing of beauty
feast for the eyes · sight for sore eyes · eye candy · elegance · stunner
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