dog's breakfast

idiom

Meaning

An unappealing mixture; a disorderly situation; a mess.

Examples

SIMPLE

The report was a total dog's breakfast.

CONTEXTUAL

The team tried to fix the software, but they ended up making a dog's breakfast of the entire project.

COMPLEX

Despite his best intentions to organize the archives, the resulting filing system was nothing more than a dog's breakfast of misplaced documents and broken folders.

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Related idioms3entries

01
dog's chance
Little or no likelihood.
02
dog's life
A miserable, wretched existence.
03
Mexican breakfast
A breakfast consisting of a cigarette and a glass of water.