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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a dog's breakfast" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation that is messy, disorganized, or poorly executed.
Example: "The project was a dog's breakfast, with no clear direction and constant changes in requirements."
Alternatives: "a complete mess" or "a total disaster".
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It's a dog's breakfast".
So, it's a dog's breakfast.
Whether you scarf it from a food truck or nibble it with Dom Perignon at Dirty Bones in Kensington, these days your hot dog is little more than a dog's breakfast if it's not topped with trendy kimchi.
"It's really a dog's breakfast".
"It's not just one hospital mishandling the data — that's false," said Mr. Duggan, who described the trial's results as a "dog's breakfast" of confusing signals.
"The reality is it's someone who's 40 years old and poor and settling for a dog's breakfast of Netflix and short-form video".
This is a dog's breakfast.
The Montreal Gazette's Dave Stubbs called the whole season of calamities a dog's breakfast.
You'd have the aul' tie-dyed T-shirt, but you looked like a dog's breakfast".
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Rhys Williams makes a complete dog's breakfast of collecting a kick, spills it in fron of the posts, and the Welsh numbers can do nothing to stop the bullish flyhalf, Hola from crossing the line.
It was also hopelessly complicated, and the one time I attempted to make an adjustment without Charlie's guidance I made a right dog's breakfast of it, and was sent home with a flea in my ear.
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