Monday, 16 September 2013

Making a hames of something

I love the expression "making a hames of something". I find myself using it quite regularly.

It means to try to do something but to make a mess of it.

Maybe I like it because I know it's a very Irish expression

An example of usage would be: "I was trying to assemble it but I think I've made a complete hames of it".

Here's an excellent article which explains the expression and also explains what "hames" are.