make a pig's ear of

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make a pig's ear of

verb makes a pig's ear of · making a pig's ear of · made a pig's ear of

  1. UK, idiomatic, transitive To do badly; to make a mess of. England responded with goals of their own from Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck and, on the balance of play, deserved the victory. Yet there were long spells when they threatened to make a pig's ear of it.

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verb to make a mess of

DeutschMist verzapfen, Scheiße bauen, vermasseln

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@misc{make_a_pig_s_ear_of_2026,
  title = {make a pig's ear of},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20a%20pig's%20ear%20of},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}