made a hash of
Ruined through incompetence
Made a hash of means bungled or botched something thoroughly: He made a hash of the presentation.
The expression suggests reducing something to a confused mess—like hash, which is chopped and mixed ingredients.
It implies incompetence rather than mere bad luck: She really made a hash of the negotiations.
- bungledPerformed ineptly, failed
- botchedPoorly executed, spoiled
- botched jobBadly performed task
- blunderedMade a clumsy error
- fouled upMade errors that ruined
fumbled · ruined · mismanaged · failure · mess · messed up · mishandled · drop the ball · dropped the ball · unskillfulness · blow it · fell flat · went wrong · put a foot wrong · mistake · amateurishness · ineptitude · maladroitness
made a hash ofnailed it
Succeeded completely, emphatically
aced · pulled off · mastered · hit it out of the park · got it right
made a hash ofput in order
sorted out · straightened out · organized · tidied up · set right