at breakfast (at dinner)
61a dog's dinner — ► a dog s dinner (or breakfast) Brit. informal a mess. Main Entry: ↑dog …
62dog's breakfast — noun An unappealing mixture; a disorderly situation; a mess. So complex was the scheme that neither blacks nor whites could say for certain who had won. A dogs breakfast, cried Laborite M.P. James Callaghan. I say frankly that I do not begin to… …
63dog's breakfast — n a mess, a confused mixture. From the image of a mishmash of unappetising scraps. The expression (compare the roughly contemporaneous dog s dinner) is commonly applied to a misconceived or botched plan or display. The phrase dates from the 1930s …
64(a) dog's dinner — British & Australian, informal something that has been done very badly. She tried to cut her hair and made a real dog s breakfast of it. You should have seen the ceiling after he d finished painting it. It was a complete dog s breakfast …
65dog's breakfast — Noun. A mess. E.g. I ve made a bit of a dog s breakfast of that essay, and will probably have to rewrite it. Cf. dog s dinner …
66a dog's breakfast — ► a dog s dinner (or breakfast) Brit. informal a mess. Main Entry: ↑dog …
67pig's breakfast — Noun. A complete mess. Cf. dog s dinner …
68dog's breakfast — /dɒgz ˈbrɛkfəst/ (say dogz brekfuhst) noun Colloquial a mess; a confused state of affairs. Also, dog s dinner …
69duck's breakfast — /dʌks ˈbrɛkfəst/ (say duks brekfuhst) noun Colloquial (humorous) a drink of water. Also, duck s dinner …
70brinner — Breakfast and dinner, similar to brunch but more masculine so that real men can use it in everyday conversation. Brinner is usually eaten after a night out whereby it s too late for breakfast when you get out of bed but too early for dinner. The… …
