It turns out that @emdeesee had been saying "Like a Dog's Breakfast" when he meant "Like a Dog's Dinner" #idioms
@stylus 😳 Sorry, dogs.
Dog's breakfast→a mess
Dog's dinner→ostentatious and fancy
Dogs are weird.
BTW: I asked my wife, "If you were all gussied up to go out, you would be done up like the dog's ...?"
Her: "Breakfast!"
So it's not just me.
@stylus 😳 Sorry, dogs.