done up like a dog's dinner
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done up like a dog's dinner (not comparable)
- (simile, informal) Dressed in an ostentatious or overly formal manner.
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- “done up dressed up like a dog s dinner”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “dressed up like a dog s dinner” (US) / “dressed up like a dog s dinner” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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