That's a pretty common saying in Maine too - means a big mess - dogs were
fed all sorts of scraps and leftover animal parts back in the "olden days".
Kevin Rhodes
Portland, Maine
Nice Triumph, but a dog's breakfast of a recently acquired Landrover....
At 15:59 11/20/2000 -0500, Ct54531@aol.com wrote:
>Listers across the pond:
>
>I'm reading a novel by one of my favo(u)rite authors, Clive Egleton. In it,
>he is describing certain departments of the SIS and refers to one as "nothing
>short of a dog's breakfast". I can usually figure these things out but that
>one has me stumped.
>What does it mean? And being a bit of an amateur etymologist, what's the
>origin of it?
>Thanks.
>
>Jim
>CT54531L
>65 4A
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