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cock-up [coll.] Schlamassel {m} [ugs.]

bungle; botch [Br.]; dog's breakfast [Br.]; dog's dinner [Br.]; flub-up; cock-up [Br.] Murks {m}; Pfusch {m}; Stümperei {f}; Sudelarbeit {f} [pej.]

to make a real dog's breakfast of sth. etw. ordentlich/gründlich vermasseln

The orchestra made a complete dog's dinner / a botch / a cock-up of the second movement. Das Orchester hat den zweiten Satz total vermurkst.

fine mess; fine kettle of fish; fine how-do-you-do; cock-up Schlamassel {n,m}; Kladderadatsch {m} [Dt.]; Palawatsch {m} [Ös.]

Now we're in a right mess!; Now we're in a fine mess! Da haben wir den/das Schlamassel!; Da haben wir den Salat! [ugs.]

That's a fine / nice mess!; That's a nice / pretty kettle of fish!; That's a nice how-d'ye-do! Das ist ja eine schöne Bescherung!

It was a perfectly organized disaster / cock-up! Operation gelungen, Patient tot! [übtr.]
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