balls-up
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balls-up
(ˈbɔːlʌp) orballup
n
something botched or muddled
vb
(tr, adverb) to muddle or botch
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| Noun | 1. |  balls-up - something badly botched or muddled error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
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balls-up
[ˈbɔːlzʌp] ball-up [ˈbɔːlʌp] (US) N → cagada fhe made a balls-up of the job → lo jodió todo
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balls-up
, (esp US) ball upn (inf) → Durcheinander nt; he made a complete balls-up of the job → er hat bei der Arbeit totale Scheiße gebaut (sl); the repair was a balls-up! → das war vielleicht eine Scheißreparatur! (inf)
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