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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
2. don't even think about it: If you're expecting a description of what those yobs
did to us, please forget it. done like a dog's dinner done up like a dog's dinner
done like a dog's dinner - (si.) completely and utterly defeated (also: done like a ...
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
(2) A visually unappealing and over-ostentatious manner of dress (hence,
dressed like a dog's dinner). Named after the assortment of leftovers from human
meals that get fed to some dogs' Dog's life A life of hardship and unpleasantness.
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
4 1 5 done up/dressed up like a dog's dinner 415 It's raining cats and dogs! 1 172
Let sleeping dogs lie. 415 go a long way towards doing sth 844 pay top dollar 1
044 look/feel like a million dollars 904 be damned if you do and damned if you ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
1982 the whole day, ceremony and party, went down like a dog's dinner. (p. 81)
Olivier, Laurence. Confessions of an Actor: An Autobiography. New York: Simon
and Schuster, 1982. 1983 "All got up like a dog's dinner." (p. 191) Grimes, Martha
.
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
dressed in an ostentatiously flashy manner (also: dressed up like a dog's dinner):
Ask her where she's been all afternoon, done up like a dog's dinner and missing
for hours. don't ask • don't ask me don't ask—is used to say that the answer is ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
9 1998 Times The good guys . . . may have broken the rules by employing dogs
ofwar. dressed (up) like a dog's dinner wearing ridiculously smart or ostentatious
clothes. British informal every dog has his (or its) day everyone will have good ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
(B., 1945.) On deaner.—2. Pej., as in 'Something-or-other was a dog's dinner-
bungled, messy, no good: since ca. 1945. Cf. the earlier dog's breakfast.—3. In (
all) dolled or dressed or got up like a dog's dinner, stylishly, dressed: coll.: C.20.
... I I dressed up like a dog's dinner DRESS * every dog has its day HA'&fiftM 0 *
give a dog a bad name — B.1S& AftOfl □ ffett*«t**J* ; AW^IS (After Bob said Tom
was a liar, people began to believe that Tom was bad in every way. It was a case
...
... means something that is meant to be fashionable or impressive but appears to
others to be a complete mess: She was dressed up like a dog's dinner. It is also
widely used like dog's breakfast to mean a mess: The government's policy in this
...
Graham Pointon, Stewart Clark, 2014
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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
Cf and contrast all done with mirrors. all done up like a dog's dinner. See: all
dressed up... all done with (occ. by) mirrors (—it's). A phrase uttered when
something very clever or extremely ingenious has been done. Wedgewood, 1977
, tells me: ...
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“Silk Brocade” - The New Yorker
I'll look like a dog's dinner, that's what I said. I just want to wear something sensible, look like myself. But he insisted, said I had to bring it.”. «The New Yorker, Iul 15»
Labour catches National off-guard over housing
The National Party might have fooled itself into thinking otherwise, but for all intents and purposes it was done like a dog's dinner by Labour this ... «New Zealand Herald, Iul 15»
Stunning Time-Lapse Photos
... essentially the same picture, except that his would come out looking like a masterpiece while mine would end up looking like a dog's dinner. «EE Times, Iul 15»
Sweden gets first food truck for posh dogs
... truck for pets. The Local asked residents if they were hungry for the idea or thought the business would end up looking like a dog's dinner. «The Local.se, Iun 15»
Despite lifestyle restrictions, Iranians find easy way around the …
"I cannot impose a grandfather look on a teenager, even if it means I end up leaving him looking like a dog's dinner," he said. As a dad as well ... «Daily Sabah, Mai 15»
Vilner Builds A Bespoke Interior For Morgan Plus 8
... builds on a number of BMW 6 series, just like Fisker with its Latigo model, though we'll admit the Bullshark looks like a dog's dinner. «Carscoops, Mai 15»
The interview: Crissy Rock
If you're done up like a dog's dinner all the time, you don't feel the benefit.” Why the 2012 move to County Durham for this South Liverpool lass? «Lancashire Evening Post, Apr 15»
Jasmine Coleman, 12, Thought To Have 'Gone Off With An Older …
Barry G Kneller done up/dressed up like a dog's dinner definition, meaning . ... What is done up/dressed up like a dog's dinner? wearing very ... «Huffington Post UK, Mar 15»
Why Nintendo's DeNA alliance is a match made in weakness and …
That sounds like a dog's dinner of lowest common denominator gaming experiences, especially when you're competing against companies ... «Pocket Gamer.Biz, Mar 15»
LG G Watch Urbane is the "Luxury" Android Wear Device to Fight …
... and doesn't look like a dog's dinner, LG has the answer. It's just revealed its latest chip-packed timepiece, the LG G Watch Urbane, looking to ... «Gizmodo UK, Feb 15»
