make a Horlicks of (something)

To ruin, bungle, or spoil something. Primarily heard in UK. I really made a Horlicks of that project at work—I'm going to get fired for sure! I'm afraid the accounting department made a complete Horlicks of these numbers. We'll need to tally the entire ledger again.

make a Horlicks of

make a mess of. British informal

1988 Joanna Trollope The Choir He thought privately that they would make a fearful horlicks of running the choir.

词组	make a Horlicks of (something)
释义	make a Horlicks of (something) make a Horlicks of (something) To ruin, bungle, or spoil something. Primarily heard in UK. I really made a Horlicks of that project at work—I'm going to get fired for sure! I'm afraid the accounting department made a complete Horlicks of these numbers. We'll need to tally the entire ledger again. See also: Horlicks, make, of Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. make a Horlicks of make a mess of. British informal 1988 Joanna Trollope The Choir He thought privately that they would make a fearful horlicks of running the choir. See also: Horlicks, make, of Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: be in it for address comments or remarks to address (one's) comments to (someone or something) address (one's) remarks to (someone or something) a run on (something) a rush on (something) be out of (one's) head away from it all (the) odds are against (something) be at a disadvantage
随便看	nothing like that nothing loath nothing more than nothing more than (something) nothing much nothing new under the sun nothing of the kind nothing of the kind/sort nothing of the sort nothing on earth nothing short of nothing so bad but (it) might have been worse Nothing so bad but might have been worse nothing special nothing succeeds like success nothing to be sneezed at nothing to be sniffed at nothing to boast about nothing to choose from nothing to complain about nothing to do with (someone or something) nothing to it Nothing to it! nothing to it, there's nothing to shout about