- make a Horlicks of
- make a Horlicks of (slang)To make a complete mess of.• • •Main Entry: ↑Horlicks®
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make a Horlicks of something — phrase to make a lot of mistakes when you are doing something. People say this to avoid saying ’make a bollocks of something’. Thesaurus: to make a mistake, or to do something badlysynonym Main entry: Horlicks * * * make a ˈhorlicks of sth idiom … Useful english dictionary
make a Horlicks of something — to make a lot of mistakes when you are doing something. People say this to avoid saying make a bollocks of something … English dictionary
Horlicks® — /hör liks/ noun A proprietary malt drink ORIGIN: After the original manufacturers, J and W Horlick • • • make a Horlicks of (slang) To make a complete mess of … Useful english dictionary
Horlicks{™} — n [U] a make of hot drink, usually taken before going to bed to help you sleep better. It is sold as a powder, which is mixed with hot milk or water, and was first made in the US. The expression make a Horlicks of something is used in informal… … Universalium
Horlicks — 1. noun a) a malted milk hot bedtime drink b) bollocks – a muddle, hash or balls up 2 … Wiktionary
Horlicks — UK [ˈhɔː(r)lɪks] / US [ˈhɔrlɪks] trademark a hot drink made with milk that people drink before going to bed to help them to relax • make a Horlicks of something … English dictionary
make a mess of — MISMANAGE, mishandle, bungle, fluff, spoil, ruin, wreck; informal mess up, botch, make a hash of, muck up, foul up; Brit. informal make a pig s ear of, make a Horlicks of, cock up. → mess * * * make a mess of : to ruin (something) or to make many … Useful english dictionary
Horlicks — is the name of a company and of a malted milk hot drink, which is claimed to promote sleep when consumed at bedtime. It is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline in the United Kingdom, India and Jamaica.India is by far the biggest market for Horlicks,… … Wikipedia
horlicks — n British a mess, an unpalatable or confused mix ture. The trade name of a bedtime drink has here been appropriated as a euphe mism for bollocks. The word is used by all social classes and began to appear in print in the late 1980s. ► how to make … Contemporary slang
muck something up — (informal) MAKE A MESS OF, mess up, bungle, spoil, ruin, wreck; informal botch, make a hash of, muff, fluff, foul up, louse up; Brit. informal make a pig s ear of, make a Horlicks of; N. Amer. informal goof up. → … Useful english dictionary
