Friday Phrase: A Dog's Breakfast

Jul. 12th, 2024 09:52 pm
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a dog's breakfast (idiom, UK informal)

something or someone that looks extremely untidy, or something that is very badly done

(Source: The Cambridge Dictionary)

Also, see The Hot Idioms Blog  for further explanation and a comic.

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Date: 2024-07-13 02:01 am (UTC)
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Glad this was of interest to you.

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Date: 2024-07-13 08:36 am (UTC)
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Absolutely! Thanks again ;) I shared it with my mom too.

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Date: 2024-07-13 10:03 pm (UTC)
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Not to mention that dogs have no qualms about ingesting a single meal multiple times.

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Date: 2024-07-13 10:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] med_cat
Also true

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Date: 2024-07-14 12:30 am (UTC)
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In Finnish, that would be "a dog's vomit." The meaning is the same, though. :D

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Date: 2024-07-16 11:54 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] med_cat
I see ;)

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Date: 2024-07-17 10:38 am (UTC)
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Oh interesting, colloquially in the UK I've always heard "a dog's dinner" :)

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Date: 2024-07-17 10:34 pm (UTC)
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Variations on the theme, I suppose ;)
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