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supportengineer
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>> dog's breakfast
Native English speaker here, I've never heard this expression before?
slavik81
on March 20, 2024
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It's an idiom meaning an unappealing mixture or a disorderly situation.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dog%27s_breakfast
switch007
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I think dog’s dinner is way more common in the UK
agd
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Not sure about elsewhere, but it’s a common expression in the UK.
jasonwatkinspdx
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A lot of places and definitely historically whatever scraps were left from dinner would be the dog's breakfast bowl tomorrow.
tacocataco
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Dogs get whatever is left over.
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Native English speaker here, I've never heard this expression before?