Words & TermsEveryday life
done like a dinner
Thoroughly beaten, ruined, caught or defeated.
In a sentence
The favourites were done like a dinner before half-time.
Where it came from
The phrase has a strong Australian/Australasian colloquial life and is well established in local usage.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established