Gove has dropped a massive clanger by changing legislation so that all schools get fined for permanent exclusions.
Pears never looks as though he will drop a clanger.
RAIDERS dropped a massive clanger when they tried to steal a half-ton bronze bell for scrap.
FERGIE fenced herself in yesterday - and dropped a clanger.
Today that strong man was shown to have dropped a massive political clanger.
The European Commission has dropped a major clanger in this respect.
However three days later he dropped a "clanger" at Vale Park as a weak 25 yard shot from Dagenham & Redbridge midfielder Luke Howell "somehow squirmed beneath the embarrassed keeper and trickled into the Vale net" in a disappointing 1-1 draw.
I'm sorry, but you've absolutely dropped a clanger with the new homepage.
In today's Republican party, appearing humane in any dimension is a risky strategy, and Gingrich had hardly uttered the word before the Twittersphere was full of people saying he might have dropped a clanger.
Idiome