makes a hash of
Botches the job
To make a hash of something is to bungle it badly, to turn what should have been orderly into a confused mess: He made a hash of the presentation and lost the client.
The image is of hash—meat chopped into unrecognizable bits.
The phrase suggests incompetence rather than bad luck.
- bungleFail through clumsiness
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- messes upErrs in execution
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- fouls upCauses something to fail
shambles · amateurishness · ruin · klutziness · misstep · fumble · confusion · botch · botch job · remake · maladroitness · oversight · incompetence · mangle · muddle · balls up · cock up · slip-up
makes a hash ofnails
Metal fasteners, finger coverings
aces · masters · pulls off · accomplishes · brings off
makes a hash ofsorts out
Resolves or organizes
systematizes · streamlines · makes sense of · structures · coordinates
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