Barbara KingsolverThe room looks as if a giant dog after a large lunch of food, socks, paints, trousers and pencils, walked into that room and vomited everywhere.
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The room looks as if a giant dog after a large lunch of food, socks, paints, trousers and pencils, walked into that room and vomited everywhere is a commonly used joke in order to illustrate the messiness of something. It is possible to say that the room looks like the dog dumped food in it. The meaning of this quote is that you can expect something messy when you encounter something difficult.
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