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.
- 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