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pig's ear

noun

  1. something that has been badly or clumsily done; a botched job (esp in the phrase make a pig's ear of ( something ))
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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On 9 November, Lord Weir said Ms O'Neill was "making a pig's ear of this" to which Mr Poots replied: "Comes naturally."

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All without expectation of reward — except the occasional dried pig’s ear.

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“Frankly, is everything okay?” an ITV journalist asked Britain’s leader later on Monday, while Tuesday morning’s newspaper front pages were scathing, with the Metro describing it as a “Peppa Pig’s ear” of a speech and the Times of London calling the speech “chaotic.”

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"This increase is just evidence that EDF have made a complete pig's ear of their calculations from the start," he told me.

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After Manchester City made winning in Europe look worryingly look easy, no doubt Arsenal and Rangers will do their best to make a pig’s ear of the respective tasks facing them.

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