This project is a total soup sandwich.
soup sandwich
idiomSomeone or something that is disorganized, incompetent, fundamentally flawed or unfinished.
Origin
disputed originAn expression of military origin, calling to mind a picture of soup being poured over bread.
The new office software is a complete soup sandwich, and nobody knows how to use it.
The entire logistics operation became a soup sandwich after the manager resigned without leaving any instructions for the team.
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air sandwich
A strategy that has high-level direction and low-level operations, but little in the middle.
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bite of the reality sandwich
A wake-up call, a reality check.
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duck soup
Something which is easy; a piece of cake.
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indict a ham sandwich
Of a grand jury: to charge a person with a crime, despite a perceived lack of evidence.
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loop the loop
[Cockney slang]soup
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shit sandwich
Something highly undesirable that is rendered more acceptable or palatable by the addition of more tolerable or agreeable components.