| 单词 | dog's dinner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog's dinner dog's dinner n. slang (chiefly British) (a) a confused or jumbled mess (cf. dog's breakfast n.); (b) dress or adornment that is over-elaborate or flashy (from like a (or the) dog's dinner at Phrases 23). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a confused assemblage or mixture mishmashc1475 rabblement1539 mingle-mangle1549 bumble broth1572 bumble-bath1595 mash1601 colluvies1647 bumble1648 farrago1650 higgledy-piggledy1659 jumble1661 farrage1698 tumble1755 pie1837 Sargasso Sea1855 wirrwarra1866 chop suey1888 dog's breakfast1892 dog's dinner1902 sargasso1934 paella1939 the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [noun] > instance or example of painted sheath1542 puff1567 wonderclout1570 snobbery1866 plush horse1891 tartine1907 dog's dinner1996 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious thing dog's dinner1996 1902 E. F. Benson Scarlet & Hyssop i. 4 ‘Scraps only, scraps from other places. It always reminds me of a dog's dinner,’ said Lady Alston; ‘and all of us who live here are like scraps for a dog's dinner, too. Bits of things, remnants, a jumble sale.’ 1957 Times 30 Mar. 6/5 There were such serious flaws that to amend it in the usual way might turn it into a ‘statutory dog's dinner’. 1971 J. Wainwright Last Buccaneer i. 35 North End is a dog's dinner of hovels, dives and drinking dens. 1996 M. Syal Anita & Me (1997) i. 19 What have you done to your hair, eh? Dog's dinner or what, aaar! 1998 N. Hornby About Boy (1999) xvi. 114 Though he didn't mind giving Marcus the odd can of Coke, he wasn't about to embroil himself in the sorry dog's dinner that was Marcus's life. 2004 Time Out 25 Aug. 75/4 Hard to muster a coherent reading of this confused dog's dinner of a movie. < as lemmas |
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