(Ireland, UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A complete mess.
(Ireland, UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A complete mess.
The Polizei had made a '''dog's dinner''' of this. Vera would have done better, no doubt of it. It now remained to be seen whether the Law would do better.
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(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, idiomatic) An unappealing mixture; a disorderly situation; a mess.
The British and Irish spelling of dog shit — both the literal excrement of a dog and a strong way of saying something is utter garbage, worthless, or contemptibly bad. Dogshite carries the extra weight of disgust that distinguishes it from milder put-downs. In the UK and Ireland, it flows naturally into everyday speech when something is spectacularly awful, whether it's a film, a plan, a football performance, or someone's attitude.
(Scotland) A mongrel dog; a cur.
(Australia, simile) Totally defeated; completely finished or gone.