dingo’s breakfast—(Austral. sl.) a drink of water, with nothing to eat:
- We quickly prepared for the hunt, had a dingo’s breakfast and we were off.
dog’s breakfast—(sl.) an untidy mess; a distasteful mixture (also: dog’s dinner):
- The plot of the film is a dog’s breakfast of half-baked ideas.
Note: Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase donkey’s breakfast—(sl.)
1. a straw mattress:
- There we slept on the usual “donkey’s breakfast.”
2. a straw hat:
- She was wearing a red dress and had a donkey’s breakfast on her head.