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单词 like a dog's dinner
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like a (or the) dog's dinner
P23. colloquial. like a (or the) dog's dinner: (of dress, etc.) ostentatious, flashy, or over-elaborate; (also) in an ostentatiously smart or flashy manner.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective]
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1927 Folk-lore 38 37 In short, to misapply a folk saying about a woman dressed in a certain way, it is ‘like a dog's dinner,—a little bit of all sorts.’
1934 ‘C. L. Anthony’ Touch Wood ii. ii. 66 Why have you got those roses in your hair? You look like the dog's dinner.
1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid v. 58 The geezer..was dolled up like a dog's dinner with a white tie and all.
1954 J. Trench Dishonoured Bones ii. iii. 57 Tarting up my house and the gardens like a dog's dinner.
1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo vii. 178 All done up like the dog's dinner... Going through an elaborate ritual of piety for the benefit of the gathering congregation.
2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xxix. 313 What are you all dressed up like a dog's dinner for?
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