| 单词 | dog-eat-dog |
| 释义 | dog-eat-dog[ dawg-eet-dawg, dog-eet-dog ] / ˈdɔg itˈdɔg, ˈdɒg itˈdɒg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dog-eat-dog ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivemarked by destructive or ruthless competition; without self-restraint, ethics, etc.: It's a dog-eat-dog industry. nouncomplete egotism; action based on utter cynicism: The only rule of the marketplace was dog-eat-dog. Origin of dog-eat-dogFirst recorded in 1930–35 Words nearby dog-eat-dogdogdom, dog-doo, doge, dog-ear, dog-eared, dog-eat-dog, dog-end, dogface, dog fennel, dogfight, dogfish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dog-eat-dog
Idioms and Phrases with dog-eat-dogdog eat dog Ruthless acquisition or competition, as in With shrinking markets, it's dog eat dog for every company in this field. This contradicts a Latin proverb which maintains that dog does not eat dog, first recorded in English in 1543. Nevertheless, by 1732 it was put as “Dogs are hard drove when they eat dogs” (Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia). The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for dog-eat-dogdog-eat-dog Ruthlessly competitive: “You have to look out for your own interests; it's a dog-eat-dog world.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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