Origin of Phrases - D
Dog's breakfast
Meaning: Get to the point.
Example: This story is dragging on, cut to the chase and tell me about the sex and scandal.
Origin: "Chase" refers to the obligatory scene that is the exciting climax of many action films. Someone watching an action movie with a slow build up, might be wishing the movie would literally "cut to the chase".
In fact many marginal movies have been released because of a good chase scene. A movie executive screening a film that appears to less than tremendous might instruct the projectionist to advance the film to the chase scene such that a quick determination could be made regarding the movie's prospects.