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DOG'S DINNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dog's dinner mean?
• DOG'S DINNER (noun)
The noun DOG'S DINNER has 1 sense:
1. a poor job; a mess
Familiarity information: DOG'S DINNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A poor job; a mess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Context example:
they made a real dog's breakfast of that job
Hypernyms ("dog's dinner" is a kind of...):
fix; hole; jam; kettle of fish; mess; muddle; pickle (informal terms for a difficult situation)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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