botch job
bodge job informal

The personal is the political, and so the movie suggests they are both botched jobs.

It is therefore, in part at least, a botched job.

But could it be, he wondered, more than simply a botched job?

Have they rushed it & made a botched job then?

Neither man was of a mind to do a rushed, botched job.

It has been a seriously botched job on the part of the Commission.

No end of botched jobs and damaged vehicles come our way.

She went to the spa and it was a complete botch job.

Giving the whole thing up as a botched job!

What a botched job this turned out to be.

I can't believe these people are saying its botched job.'

It was a botched job, part of the game, and everyone knew it.

Roth said that the problems become even more severe in the event of a botched job.

The final take was a rushed, botched job, with no time or inclination for another go.

The plan to rescue Cyprus has quickly turned into another botched job.

And he may well be just another unwitting victim of the whole botched job.

What he was determined to avoid was a botched job.

A botched job is an offence to all concerned.

But it was a botched job; the promised competition never materialized.

He claimed the Bill had been a "shambolic, botched job from the beginning."

This is especially bad news for those who have received botched jobs from untrained practitioners.

Natesa was a pro; he didn't have to worry about a botched job.

I could see nothing ahead but a botched job with a probably lengthy spell in an Italian jail.

Still, he refused to be content with a botched job and, scraping off the plaster, began again.

Quick fixes generally end up being a botched job.

"From the start the levy was a Labour bodge job.

He said the evidence must be looked at properly: "We cannot afford to rush and make a bodge job of this."

It soon became obvious all was not well in this area either, the so-called engine rebuild turned out to be a big bodge job.

Anyone can make a "diy bodge job boom box" that might go ummph!

All the bodge jobs that were done to make the Nations took three weeks of long service leave to fix up, but now the cars running great.

Planning 'holiday’ or towering bodge job?

Can David Cameron the Builder fix the bodge job left by Labour?

And as most of these rooms won’t be a perfect circle, built-in furniture has to be finished precisely – weekend bodge jobs just won’t cut it.

There were a lot of "bodge jobs" going on: roofs falling in all over the place; electricians who'd left clients with a faulty supply; plumbing that leaked.

She is currently a presenter on Channel 4's A Place in the Sun and also Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs for Channel 5.

In the wake of the carrier decision, the Strategic Defence and Security Review looks more like a bodge job than ever, one that fails to articulate a convincing vision of Britain’s place in the world, and the military strategy that should follow.

Cameraman von Planta's bike had a broken frame after a bad fall in Mongolia and only a "bodge job" by Boorman using tyre levers and cable-ties enabled them to get the bike to the next town where the frame could be welded.

Bodge job: Confusion reigns over the new Chelsea signing Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Papy Djilobodji's agent has claimed that the Chelsea signing could never have been in his new side's Champions League squad, despite Uefa regulations saying otherwise.

Anyone who's ever done a bodge job of putting up a shelf in the kitchen knows exactly what I mean.