balls-up

balls-up US, ballup [ˈbɔːlʌp] Slang

n

something botched or muddled

vb balls up US, ball up

(tr, adverb) to muddle or botch

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

balls-up - something badly botched or muddled   ballup, cockup, mess-up 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

Translations

balls-up [ˈbɔːlzʌp] ball-up [ˈbɔːlʌp] (US) N → cagada f
he made a balls-up of the job → lo jodió todo

balls-up, (esp US) ball up

n (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)