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词组 make a pig's ear of
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Idiom
make a pig's ear ofmake a pig's ear of (something/doing something)
British, informal to do something very badly.
Tim made a right pig's ear of putting those shelves up.

make a pig's ear of (something)

To do a very poor job of something; to ruin something completely. Primarily heard in UK. I'm going to need to start this table over again from scratch—I really made a pig's ear of it. Janet made a pig's ear of the Jefferson account, so I'm going to need you to come in at the weekend and put things in order.

make a pig's ear of

bungle; make a mess of. British informal
This probably developed with humorous reference to the phrase make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (see silk).
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