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MAKE A PIG'S EAR OF SMTH.

to do smth. badly, wrongly, or awkwardly
 MAKE A PIG'S EAR OF SMTH.
1. He's made a real pig's ear of that bookcase he was supposed to be making.
2. I'm going to need to start this table over again from scratch—I really made a pig's ear of it.


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