make a pig’s ear of

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He made an equally fine job of the creatures, large and small that run around on the land; He even gave us the best crags in the world. So why did he make such a pig’s ear of the climate?

Helping him hire an assassin isn’t what I had in mind. Chant was very discreet. Death makes you that way, I find you really have made a pig’s ear of the whole thing.

She hoped, for the sake of appearance at the wedding, that the children’s clothes would be properly cut and fitted, she also hoped that between them Cynthia and her dressmaker would have made a pig’s ear of the business.

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