dog's breakfast / dog's dinner

"dog's breakfast"という表現をご存知でしょうか。

直訳すると犬の朝ご飯、ですが、イヌを飼ったことのない小生にもあまり美味しそうな、食欲がわくような感じはしません。

一種のイディオムですが、

If you refer to a situation, event, or piece of work as a dog's breakfast or a dog's dinner, you mean that it is chaotic, badly organized, or very untidy.

(Collins-Cobuild Dictionary of Idioms)

という説明にもあるように、乱雑で整理されていないような状況を表現するものです。

The Government is providing up to $940 million per fortnight to support businesses through the challenging Delta outbreak, particularly those in Auckland.

Enable Me's Hannah McQueen told Jack Tame the Government's announcement yesterday was a dogs breakfast.

"There is a misunderstanding around what small businesses need at the moment."

('Dogs breakfast': Hannah McQueen blasts Government's announcement. Newstalk ZB. October 23, 2021.)

引用した定義にもありますが、"dog's dinner"ということもあります。

"dog's dinner"は残飯という意味合いもありますが、それ故にか、"dog's breakfast"と同じような意味合いでも用いられます。

Doctors have called the situation ‘a dog’s dinner’. One GP told The Mail on Sunday: ‘It’s a total mess. The third primary dose is still a complete blind spot, and yet, at the same time, perfectly healthy adults are getting boosters.’

(Eve Simmons. The most vulnerable Britons are missing out on their third jabs, with one GP branding the scheme 'a dog's dinner', so why is the Covid booster programme failing? Daily Mail. October 27, 2021.)