单词 | make a hash of |
释义 | make a hash ofSEE SYNONYMS FOR make a hash of ON THESAURUS.COM Also, make a mess of. Ruin or spoil something, as in They've made a hash of their financial affairs, or She thought he'd make a mess of the garden. The first term, first recorded in 1833, uses hash in the sense of “a jumble of mangled fragments”; the variant, using mess in the sense of “a muddle” or “a state of confusion,” was first recorded in 1862. Words nearby make a hash ofmake a fool of, make a fortune, make after, make a fuss, make a go of, make a hash of, make-ahead, make a hit, make a hole in, make a killing, make a laughingstock of The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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