like a dog's dinner

like a dog's dinner

1. Very messy and/or disorganized. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I really need to clean out my closet—it's starting to look like a dog's dinner in there.
2. Of a person's attire, very showy in a way that attracts negative attention. Look at that fool, all done up like a dog's dinner. Who told him that patterned suit was a good idea?
See also: dinner, like
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • like a dog's breakfast
  • a dog's dinner
  • a dog's breakfast/dinner
  • a dog's breakfast
  • done like a dog's dinner
  • be done like a (dog's) dinner
  • in a dog's age
  • lose the plot
  • dinner