Idiom of the day :- Heath Robinson

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Strange-looking/appearing to be homemade or improvised ( used about machinery/vehicles ) A : Bob’s father wouldn’t buy him a VW for his birthday so Bob built himself a Heath Robinson car out of a bath, a motor bike engine and six bicycle wheels ! He was really pleased with the result. B : But surely it wasn’t as good as a VW car. A : No it wasn’t, but Bob’s father was so embarrassed every time his son drove around in it that he agreed to buy him a proper car ! W Heath Robinson was a British artist who lived from 1872 to 1944. He became famous for his incredible cartoon drawings about inventors and their mad inventions. Today his name has entered the English language to describe any machinery or contraption which looks like part of one of his cartoons.