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Fare la frittata

to make a mess of things

Literal Translation

"To make the omelette"

What it means

To make a mess of things / to botch something

Example in context

"Pensava di aggiustare il problema ma ha fatto la frittata."

"He thought he was fixing the problem but he made a mess of things."

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