“A dog’s breakfast” — now that’s a good one.
I understood that a “dog’s breakfast” was “a p!$$ and a good look round” . . . i.e. nothing at all.
Describes so many SC rulings, from Brown onwards. We have muddled law on relgion, abortion, the death penalty, largely because the Court has so little respect for precedent.
has been British slang for “a complete mess” since at least the 1930s. While no one took the time to write down the exact origin of the phrase, the allusion involved seems to be to a failed culinary effort, perhaps a burned or botched omelet, fit only for consumption by the mouth of last resort, Fido.In truth, I’ve always pictured something a little worse, as in #27.