Director's dreadful pie chart offering minimal layout (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
dirt cheap
'director's dreadful pie chart offering minimal layout' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'director's dreadful pie chart' is the wordplay.
'director' becomes 'd' (abbreviation eg in film reviews).
'dreadful' is an anagram indicator.
'pie'+'chart'='piechart'
'piechart' is an anagram of 'irtcheap'.
'd'+'irtcheap'='DIRT-CHEAP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dirt cheap that I've seen before include "next to nothing" , "attractive to potential buyer?" , "Greatly reduced in price" , "Inexpensive (as muck?)" , "doing little damage?" .)