Browse phrases beginning with: [A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U,V][W][X,Y,Z] Dog's dinnerMeaning Dressed or displayed in an ostentatiously smart manner. Origin Why a dog's breakfast is synonymous with mess or muddle and dog's dinner with smartness isn't at all clear. It appears that the two phrases were coined entirely independently of each other. 'Dog's dinner' is first cited in ‘C. L. Anthony's play 'Touch Wood', 1934:
See also: the dog's bollocks. |