'Know Your English'

Edited Compilation of 'Know Your English' Columns from 'The Hindu'

“dog’s breakfast”

Posted by Sunil Jose on December 2, 2008

When you make a dog’s breakfast of something, you make a complete mess of it. This is an informal expression mostly used in British English.

Here are a few examples. *Deepa made a bit of a dog’s breakfast of the essay. *Jai made a real dog’s breakfast of painting the kitchen.

I understand that dogs have the habit of getting up early and going out. And when they do go out, they eat

The Hindu- ‘Know Your English’ Series, July 08, 2003

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