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Real-life examples
  • Tried to tile the bathroom myself and made a dog's dinner of it, wonky rows, grout everywhere, and the missus fuming.
  • The new lad in dispatch made a right dog's dinner of the morning orders, half the labels swapped, two parcels gone to the wrong county.
  • Look at the state of this kitchen, an absolute dog's dinner, who let the kids loose with the flour and walked off?
  • I only asked him to put the shelf up and he’s made a dog's dinner of it, screws sticking out and the whole thing leaning like it’s had six pints.
  • She turned up to the pub in feathers, sparkles, and heels the height of table legs, dressed up like a dog's dinner for a Tuesday night.
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    And we polish it We add its tone, where it comes from when that's known, and its sibling expressions.

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