| 释义 |
make a hames ofIrish informal Do (something) very badly or ineptly; make a mess of: Galway made a hames of their chance of a goal...- The club has found some people reluctant or nervous about taking on this new challenge as they haven't rowed before and feel they will make a hames of it.
- The major events of life - birth, death and marriage - were mostly arranged and presided over by the women, with the men performing various bit parts - and as often as not, making a hames of them.
- And if you make a hames of it, you have a brand new crowd in two minutes anyway.
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