A: Did the plumber fix your leaky pipes? B: No, he didn’t. In fact, he made a botch of the pipes. I had to find another guy to finish his job. Note: This idiom means “to do a poor job with/on something.” Botch, as a noun, means “a bungled or ill-finished part.” It’s used since about 1600. For example: My girlfriend made a botch of the cake – she used the wrong ingredients and then baked it too long. |