मिट्टी पलीद कर देना

I came across this idiom मिटटी पलीद कर देना in a story.. What is the meaning of this idiom and also the literal meaning for every word?

It is "मिट्टी पलीद कर देना", meaning "to spoil something".

मिट्टी => Soil
पलीद => Spoil
कर देना=> To do (something)