making it across the pond?

[Mullins, Bill]

The (London) Times, Friday, Sep 28, 1928; pg. 7; Issue 45010; col A 
     The Coming Election. Mr. Baldwin On His Policy., Safeguarding Pledge Repeated. 

[quoting a speech by PM Baldwin]

"Mr. Tom Johnston, for whom I confess a sneaking regard, described the programme as a sort of dog's breakfast, in which there were scraps for every palate. (Laughter.)"

>This led me to wonder whether "dog's breakfast" has become standard
>U.S. usage. I don't remember coming across it before outside of
>British, or maybe Australian or Canadian, writing, but I'm pretty
>sure Friedman is no Brit, and both he and his editors presumably
>believed that his readers would understand the allusion--or that they
>would google it and find e.g.
>
>The Phrase Finder (http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/114550.html <http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/114550.html> )
>Dog's breakfast
>
>Meaning
>A mess or muddle.
>
>Origin
>Derived from the unpleasant habit of dogs, rising early before the
>local townsfolk, or eating the mess of food dropped or vomited onto
>the pavement the previous night.