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Definition of dog in English: dognounPlural dogs dɒɡdɔɡ 1A domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice. Canis familiaris, family Canidae (the dog family); probably domesticated from the wolf in the Mesolithic period. The dog family also includes the wolves, coyotes, jackals, and foxes Example sentencesExamples - ‘All dogs have an intense sense of smell, and every dog likes to sniff,’ Smith said.
- The sun shone, people were walking the dog, airing the child, spring cleaning their souls.
- The top five dogs of each breed are invited to attend.
- Her size makes it impractical to use her as a patrol dog, but her sense of smell is so keen she can detect even trace amounts of drugs.
- Secondly, rabid stray dogs do not observe boundaries.
- People let their dogs foul in public places and leave it for somebody else to worry about.
- A woman in Hastings is walking a small dog on a leash.
- He could almost feel them out there; it was time to call the dogs to heel.
- She heard a car door shut and a muffled voice calming the dog who now went from barking to a whine.
- Domesticated dogs arose from wolves that somehow became accustomed to living among people.
- Her attack dog is a mutt, and, as everyone knows, mongrels are healthier than pedigreed dogs.
- The neighbor's dog barked relentlessly, giving the night a heartbeat to add to his own.
- Mr. Mason's hunting dogs weren't barking their heads off for once, which was new.
- He said, ‘It's kind of like a hound dog chasing a rabbit.’
- I think it's okay to keep pet dogs on a leash and birds in a cage.
- However, there have been several instances where citizens have been bitten by stray dogs.
- Don't overlook books and videos on training hunting dogs.
- The enamel carried a scene of hunting dogs chasing a hare.
Synonyms hound, canine, mongrel, cur, tyke male dog bitch, pup, puppy, whelp informal doggy, pooch, mutt Australian informal mong, bitzer - 1.1 A wild animal of the dog family.
Example sentencesExamples - We watched the wild cats and dogs frolicking in the winter sunlight.
- Teufel-hunden were originally known as the wild, ferocious mountain dogs of Bavarian folklore.
- In most mammals, adult play is rare, but it is common in dolphins, members of the dog family, great apes and, of course, humans.
- Last night I watched a documentary on the Golden Jackals of Africa - dogs nearly identical to Jasper.
- Among dogs, the family that preys together stays together.
- In this matter of going, readily do dogs, jackals and the like, know when they move on that they are moving.
- The thing is Robyn we've got the numbers here and as you said it's quite a large proportion if you like of Wild African dogs in captivity in Australia.
- To all dog owners, the call goes out, keep you dogs under control day and night, as the lambing season is upon us now and many have been savaged by roaming dogs in some areas already.
- 1.2 The male of an animal of the dog family, or of some other mammals such as the otter.
Example sentencesExamples - It is obvious therefore that not only pregnant and nursing vixens are killed, but also the dog fox, on whom the vixen and cubs often rely for food.
- A male, or dog, otter can range over six to eight miles, far further than a female.
- In the Landrover in which I was travelling was a large dog fox.
- With his hair tinged by the sun's rays, he looked like a dog fox who'd out-witted his pursuers once again.
- The male dog otter measured 41.5 inches in length with a girth of 26 inches.
- The big dog otter probably got as much of a fright as he did, it about-turned and leapt into the water.
- ‘I am looking for a young animal, either a dog or a bitch, that has a bit of attitude,’ he said.
- A member of the waterworks department shot a fine dog otter on the lower Rivington reservoir.
- As I made my way back to my car, a dog fox trotted across the road in front of me, stopped, looked me up and down and then carried on, completely unconcerned.
- 1.3the dogsBritish informal Greyhound racing.
Example sentencesExamples - People went to football in the afternoon, went to the dogs in the evening and took the train home.
2informal An unpleasant, contemptible, or wicked man. he was interrupted by cries of ‘dirty dog!’ come out, Michael, you dog! Example sentencesExamples - By the way, you can keep the pun you wretched journalistic dogs.
- 2.1dated with adjective Used to refer to a person of a specified kind in a tone of playful reproof, commiseration, or congratulation.
your historian is a dull dog Example sentencesExamples - If that next race is the bottom of the new grade, this lucky dog might have a chance of stumbling into the money again.
- I thought My God, if all the scenes are as scary as this one; I'm really a lucky dog.
- He got up with his hand wrapped around her little waist… that lucky dog!
- There's not much more to be said about it other than she's a lucky dog.
- It's true - I'm a lucky dog.
Synonyms human being, individual, man, woman, human, being, living soul, soul, mortal, creature, fellow - 2.2 Used to refer to someone who is abject or miserable, especially because they have been treated harshly.
I make him work like a dog Rab was treated like a dog Example sentencesExamples - I was already treated worse than a dog, letting her see me shed tears, only gave her more opportunities to despise me.
- The poor Prime Minister, the dog hasn't even got a bone to show for his efforts.
- In order to get him to commit you have to treat him like a dog.
- The actor plays a guy who is sort of - he's treated like a dog by this gangster, his master.
- The fact is that Addis was not treated like a dog.
- I can work like a dog when I have to; as long as my energy is directed at the race car, I can be fairly competitive.
- During the Second World War, he treated Sinclair like a dog.
- I say it's cruel for us to be treated like dogs in here.
- Jackie loved my father and my father treated him like a dog.
- Why the hell did these cops treat me like a dog in the street?
- They were treated as dogs, they were hungry, and the goddess of justice refused to review their plight.
- ‘To say that they treated Victoria like a dog would be wholly unfair,’ he said.
- Well if I hired my old headmaster, I'd treat him like a dog.
- Those people put their lives up for this country - and for them - and they are being forced out into the gutter and being treated like dogs.
- She talked about the prisoners being treated like dogs by the general.
- Tash had enough self-respect to dislike being treated like a stray dog.
- He continued by declaring, ‘the dictator must die like a dog, because he deserves it.’
- It was appalling to see those broken bodies, human beings treated worse than dogs.
- The schools are good so there's no need to work like a dog to pay school fees.
- Do you think this helps explain why today's corporate bosses are treating American workers like dogs?
- 2.3offensive An unattractive woman.
- 2.4Australian, NZ An informer or traitor.
one day she's going to turn dog on you - 2.5North American A thing of poor quality.
Example sentencesExamples - One of the great mysteries of Australian political life is why a man who is about to dump a dog of a tax system on an unsuspecting public should appear so smug?
- There is also an ugly betrayal of Cammie's trust, and, as befits a dog of a play, a shaggy-dog ending.
- Through the select committee process we changed what had been a dog of a bill into a much-improved bill.
- It is a dog of a day, relentless rain and biting cold fraying the nerve ends of men who like to be in perpetual motion.
- So how do you choose from the plethora of contracts on offer to ensure you don't get stuck with a dog of a contract?
- With a lead clenched less than firmly in his sweaty palm, he then contrived to play a dog of a game in the middle of the second set.
- I personally still think it is a dog of a deal but I am glad that he has taken the stand that he has.
- The only question New Zealand First really wants to ask the Minister is why he came to the House for the first reading with such a dog of a bill.
- It's been a dog of a market in the past few months compared with the rest of Asia, but we are still overweight there.
- If he understands that it's a dog of a deal, why do you think he'd consider supporting it?
- Move too early, and you might end up backing a dog of a technology.
- That's why we try to write articles about how to crush on a cutie, find a BF and, yikes, get rid of a dog of a dude before he turns your heart into a pancake.
- Sounds like a real dog of a human being to have to deal with.
- Never a truer word as, after a dog of a first half, the second period ran rampant on the back of abject defending.
Synonyms failure, disaster, debacle, catastrophe, loser - 2.6 A horse that is slow or difficult to handle.
3Used in names of dogfishes, e.g. sandy dog, spur-dog. 4A mechanical device for gripping. Example sentencesExamples - The firm have been making grips for years and these dogs here felt so soft and comfortable.
5dogsNorth American informal Feet. 6dogsUS Horse racing
Barriers used to keep horses off a particular part of the track.
verbdogs, dogging, dogged dɒɡdɔɡ [with object]1Follow (someone) closely and persistently. photographers seemed to dog her every step Example sentencesExamples - That fellow is going to dog him to the gates of St Peters.
- The spurned woman shows up on the cruise as well, dogging the newlyweds' footsteps.
- Since Sally was the only member of the group who would acknowledge Yap's existence, the little gnome dogged her every step, chattering excitedly.
- The senator complained that he was dogged all week by opponents of the White House plan who dominated news coverage.
- Doyle hopes to prove his new pet theories on the existence of the supernatural, but when a murder takes place, his own drowned ghost reappears to dog him.
- When Sampras was taking his first steps to greatness, he had a small gang of hopefuls dogging his footsteps.
- Now, by Cavanaugh's estimate, 75 companies were dogging the buyer for the national store account.
- I mean, they seem to be dogging you throughout this entire investigation.
- When you have a leader of his passion and effectiveness, you have a media that's very much tracking him and dogging him and trying to find what they can about him.
- Whenever the Democrat arrives in the Midwestern state, he is dogged by a volunteer from the rival campaign dressed as a giant ear of corn.
- Rumours that it may be bought by a private equity group or trade buyer or combination of the two have dogged Allen since the company's formation in 2004.
- The riverborne portion of his annual journey was normally its safest part, but this year was different, for someone - or something - was dogging his heels.
- He laughs about how the police are still - and probably forever - on his tail, even dogging him on his recent US book tour.
- If something's upsetting her on the home front, she might be trying to get her moms attention - even if it means dogging her.
- Two NBC guys who have spent four months in the desert dogging the division confirmed that this was a very good thing for reporters who want to report on the action.
- He is dogged by the determined trio of regional leaders, who want to grab as much from the largest pie as possible.
- Her mother dogged her heels, asking more about her day.
- It was picture perfect: the sunshine, the breeze, the companionship… and of course, the annoyingly obnoxious group behind us dogging our heels.
Synonyms pursue, follow, stalk, track, trail, shadow, hound plague, beset, bedevil, assail, beleaguer, blight, trouble, torment, haunt informal tail - 1.1 (of a problem) cause continual trouble for.
the twenty-nine-year-old has constantly been dogged by controversy Example sentencesExamples - And I'm concerned about making a bad first impression, because that could dog me for months.
- For the last 5-1/2 years this process has been dogged by problem after problem.
- But again and again, he was dogged by scandals of his own making that made him as much of an embarrassment as an asset to the party he served.
- I'm looking for ways to tackle this constant state of feeling tired all the time, which has dogged me for years.
- This criticism dogged him for his entire career.
- Although he was acquitted in 1991, the incident has dogged him ever since.
- I have to admit that this issue has dogged me most of this week.
- Shoals of words have been written about the problems dogging our fishing industry - a key generator of revenue.
- The trick, you see, is to put what's dogging you into the proper perspective.
- These allegations are going to dog him on his final campaign bus tour and he didn't want that.
- A war that ended 30 years ago still dogs us shaping our debates about fighting an entirely different war.
- It has dogged him all his life, and has, at different times, overwhelmed and almost broken him.
- The school - which has a police officer stationed on site - has been on special measures for five years and has been dogged by problems.
- Ever thereafter - following his trip to China in 1972 - he was dogged by the fear of assassination.
- The system has been dogged with problems since it came on line in 1999.
- One tournament win doesn't inspire confidence but his play this week has been exceptional, a total contrast to the self-doubt that dogged him in recent times.
- As for the criticism which has dogged him all season he replied that as long as the manager believed in him he was happy.
- Loneliness, grief and despair dogged her at every turn, seemed to follow always in her wake, just out of sight.
- Sadly, his retirement was dogged by health problems.
- She said one of her hopes was complete recovery from the illness that has dogged her.
Synonyms trouble, disturb, worry, plague, beset, torture, torment, rack, bedevil, nag, vex, harass, pester
2dog itNorth American informal Act lazily; fail to try one's hardest. Eric had a reputation for dogging it a little Example sentencesExamples - There were more clashes with the coach after his trade to the Nuggets, including an accusation that he dogged it through his first season in Denver.
- What sticks out is his Santa Claus ability to know who is working hard and who is dogging it.
- He loved the game and didn't mind ragging on the players when they were dogging it.
- The disturbing thing is, they aren't even really trying here, and you can tell they're already dogging it a bit in favor of dull, formulaic jazzy folk that would later be their poison.
- I know a lot of people made a big deal out of Jones in the national media, but believe me, he dogged it a lot and didn't seem real eager when he had the chance to run routes and line up at tight end.
- Inside the Ravens' building, the consensus is the running back is not dogging it.
- He entered the season with a reputation for dogging it when he wasn't the primary receiver.
- Maybe he has been dogging it all these months in hopes of getting a lot of attention and an extra ration of sympathy kibble.
- Pavel led the league in goals for the second straight year with 59, even though he dogged it for long portions of the schedule.
- He has dogged it by refusing to debate his ready opponent on the Seven Network this Sunday evening.
- But his effort indicated he certainly wasn't dogging it.
- I'd rather have the hassle for dogging it than put up with that.
- His position coach already has said he expects more effort; and he knows folks in St. Louis still say he dogged it last year.
- The Americans actually were dogging it late in the third as the Germans led 67-65, but Pierce sank a 10-spot on their heads as a part of a 12-0 run to close the quarter.
3Grip (something) with a mechanical device. with object and complement she has dogged the door shut Example sentencesExamples - Its convex shape and dogging mechanism made it look as though it were an enlarged part of a submarine, scavenged from some terrestrial scrap yard and grafted onto the bulkhead.
- They reached a hatch and wasted no time in dogging it down behind them.
- She places the child inside the engineering space before stepping through herself and dogging the hatch behind her.
- Now, as he stood within the hyperbaric chamber of the minisub, he watched as Clark went about dogging the hatches.
- There was a muted boom as the Captain closed and dogged the ships inner lock shut behind us.
- If your maintainers open a hatch, be sure they dog it down.
- She steps through, and closes the hatch, dogging it tightly.
- These leaks can sometimes be stopped, at opening ports, anyway, by dogging them down tighter.
- The hatch closed, they dogged it, and checked to make sure everyone was in the seats lining the walls.
Phrases rhyming slang A telephone. Example sentencesExamples - We had little info on this brewery apart from a phone number, so we reached for the dog and bone and had a natter to the owner.
- Ten minutes later he's on the dog and bone again.
- Thus the trouble and strife would walk down the apples and pears and along the frog and toad to use the public dog and bone.
- Burly Dad conducts his antique business in a cockney accent on the dog and bone.
Synonyms telephone, mobile phone, mobile, cell phone, car phone, radio-telephone, cordless phone, videophone, extension
Used to refer to a situation of fierce competition in which people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed. New York is a dog-eat-dog society Example sentencesExamples - Labor was effective when it employed direct action against the capitalists, posed a principled and inspirational solidarity movement against the dog eat dog values of the obscenely rich.
- ‘It's the most dog eat dog market there is,’ he acknowledges.
- It's a dog eat dog world out there and the young need the best qualifications they can get.
- It's a dog eat dog situation even in the law enforcers' world.
- They say that in the corporate world it's dog eat dog.
- It was a dog eat dog world, where everything was a competition.
- It's dog eat dog, the wonder of free market capitalism in its purest form.
- So there's a harsh side to the real world of competition; where competition's fierce, it can be dog eat dog.
- ‘It's very quiet, the standard is unbelievably high and it's dog eat dog,’ says Maguire.
- It's dog eat dog in this division, as we've already seen.
Synonyms merciless, pitiless, cruel, heartless, hard-hearted, hard, stony-hearted, stony, with a heart of stone, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, harsh, callous, severe, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsparing, unforgiving, unfeeling, uncaring, unsympathetic, uncharitable, lacking compassion
informal A very long time. the best I've seen in a dog's age Example sentencesExamples - So I've resolved to make use of my day by actually writing some of the stupid top-secret fiction thing which has been hanging albatross-like around my neck for a dog's age.
- I'd known him for a dog's age but a little bit of Jer went a long way.
- Later that same Sunday, I went to the first major comix/sci-fi convention to come to Boston in a dog's age.
- If you've never seen them before, or haven't seen them in a dog's age, then check out that link.
- I was out running last-minute errands this afternoon and ran into a guy I used to work with who I haven't seen in a dog's age.
- I'm going to have to stop uploading pictures to this site soon or the front page will take a dog's age to load.
- It was some of the funniest stuff I'd seen in a dog's age.
- They are taking a dog's age to sort out getting me a tenant and as I passed the six-month anniversary of not living there any more I thought it was time to get someone else on the case.
- I haven't actually listened to his speech in a dog's age, but my recollection is that his phrasing actually went like this.
- You see, lead in high enough amounts is toxic to the extreme, not to mention fatal, which is why it hasn't been used in a dog's age.
dogs bark, but the caravans move on proverb People may make a fuss, but it won't change the situation.
vulgar slang A person or thing that is the best of its kind.
a dog's dinner (or breakfast) informal A poor piece of work; a mess. we made a real dog's breakfast of it Example sentencesExamples - Just look at the roll call of off-the-wall ‘humour’ imposed on us the last time this dog's dinner of a day came round in 2001.
- It all adds up to a dog's breakfast of departmental rivalry, layer upon layer of confused delivery and strategic confusion.
- Speaking after the council agreed to hold the ballot, he said: ‘The wording on the ballot papers is a dog's dinner.’
- Mostly though you end up with a dumbed down dog's dinner - serious subject matter made ridiculous and facile.
- In design terms it's a dog's breakfast, a grey, smudgy mess that seems to stagger off ancient presses each week.
- ‘The proposals are a half-baked dog's dinner,’ he said.
- The edit interface itself is a bit of a dog's dinner.
- It's an eyesore and looks like a dog's dinner of cheapo construction.
- ‘The presentation of the policy has been a dog's dinner,’ agreed the Sun.
- All in all it is a dog's dinner, literally, with local residents living with the mess and hazard.
An unhappy existence, full of problems or unfair treatment. he led poor Amy a dog's life Example sentencesExamples - He is leading a dog's life at the moment.
- Next time you are fed up with the world and say in disgust that it's a dog's life, think twice.
- And the man on street (literally and figuratively) has a dog's life.
- The self-evident fact that the numbers applying for asylum correlate precisely with countries where a dog's life would be a step up is of no account.
- Ah me, thought Clarence it's a dog's life and decided that on balance the thing to do was sleep.
- Selling wine is a dog's life, but some manage it with integrity
- The payment of salaries is quite often irregular and it is a dog's life for the majority of labourers who go in search of a fortune across the seas.
- Face it, it's a dog's life having to raid the dressing-up box for a living.
literary The havoc accompanying military conflict. the strategy would let loose the dogs of nuclear war Example sentencesExamples - He has no reason to let loose the dogs of war on his neighbours.
- Europe can only keep at bay the dogs of war that tore it asunder twice in the last century if all its parts work intimately with each other.
- Unless we can leash the dogs of war, new kinds of instability will result from this war for peace.
- Possible suspensions of civil liberties are something we should all be keeping an eye on now, watchdogs among the dogs of war.
- One problem with loosing the dogs of war is that sometimes it's hard to get them back on the leash.
- They hate having to break from a comfortable routine and they will cry havoc and loose the dogs of war on anybody who tries to take something from them.
- The siren song in any war on terror is ‘let slip the dogs of war.’
- A peace process does not invariably produce a settlement, but it usually keeps the dogs of war at bay.
- And with the dogs of war in full cry, no politicians in their right mind dared come out in favor of allowing tax dodgers to stick their hands in Uncle Sam's pockets.
- If Washington calls off the dogs of war, the companies will be allowed to immediately return.
dressed (up) like a dog's dinner informal Wearing ridiculously smart or ostentatious clothes. look at her, dressed up like a dog's dinner Example sentencesExamples - If, by chance, you happen upon a fashionista dressed like a dog's dinner, do not be alarmed when she tells you that she's being ‘ironic’.
- It is then present day and we are introduced to Mo, a goth dressed up like a dog's dinner with a fuzzball hairdo.
- I put the phone down on the bed while I dressed up like a dog's dinner.
- Who's going to look a silly boy then, all dressed up like a dog's dinner in front of that lot!
- You know, some of the showbiz ladies around here - they go to the shops dressed up like a dog's dinner.
every dog has his (or its) day proverb Everyone will have good luck or success at some point in their lives. Example sentencesExamples - However, no sooner had I written this than I get to find out every dog has his day, right?
- But every dog has his day I guess so this one could be it.
- After many weeks of shooting in the high 120's and hitting the ball like a dog, his first win for over 2 years proved that every dog has its day.
- There comes a time to stop, every dog has its day, and I think I have had mine.
- ‘Well, you know what they say… every dog has its day,’ he pointed out.
- It is said that every dog has his day and it has been a long time between barks for Dick - so well done!
- As I said to him after the game, every dog has his day and fair dues to them.
- In parallel with his ascendancy to the top of the NFL tree went his present team, their unlikely transformation from zeroes to heroes last season illustrating that every dog has its day.
- I'm aware that, very, very occasionally a performance is given which astonishes us all, but every dog has his day, and England's problem is having too few of these.
- It's not nice to keep losing but every dog has its day.
give a dog a bad name and hang him proverb It's very difficult to lose a bad reputation, even if it's unjustified. Example sentencesExamples - He explains why ‘as a variant on the popular advice to give a dog a bad name and hang him,’ he proposes to ‘give this piper an exceedingly bad name and hang on to it.’
- It could, however, be a case of ‘give a dog a bad name and hang him’.
- But give a dog a bad name and hang him, as the saying goes.
informal Deteriorate shockingly. the country is going to the dogs Example sentencesExamples - I do not believe that our economy has gone to the dogs as a mistake.
- Although the city has developed by leaps and bounds over the years, the cleanliness for which it was known has gone to the dogs, says the collector.
- But, to be honest, I'm not stupid, that team has gone to the dogs.
- They feel that their countries have gone to the dogs under the leadership of the present generation of politicians.
- As an adult I love wearing them now my eyesight has gone to the dogs.
- When the factories closed, everything went to the dogs.
- Unfortunately not only the army but the country also eventually went to the dogs.
- As Anna and I used to say at work, this place has gone to the dogs.
- Everybody had to run hard to keep up the real level of their own earnings, while the country went to the dogs.
- Law and order went to the dogs after the Whitlam social experiments of excessive welfare, booming populations of single mothers, poor discipline in schools.
Synonyms deteriorate, be in decline, degenerate, decay
usually with negativeBe affected by or have a particular interest in the outcome of a situation. you don't even live here, therefore you don't have a dog in this fight
like a dog with two tails Used to emphasize how delighted someone is. ‘Is he pleased?’ ‘Like a dog with two tails.’ Example sentencesExamples - I felt like a dog with two tails, because I was proud to have been in Montgomery's Eighth Army.
- So Hans was like a dog with two tails, as well he might have been!
- As you can imagine I was like a dog with two tails.
- At last I had my coach; I was like a dog with two tails.
- After we helped her with her yard, she would enthuse: ‘I feel like a dog with two tails!’
- My brother was like a dog with two tails when his girlfriend agreed to marry him; he was really happy.
- When I entered the room of the carnival party, I was like a dog with two tails but I was a bit anxious because I hadn't learned the poem, that I had to recite by heart.
- I am not used to being home, my husband is like a dog with two tails, and his excitement at having me here is starting to annoy me.
- He was like a dog with two tails, strutting round and showing off his winnings.
- My husband is like a dog with two tails about this holiday having never been on a cruise before!
Synonyms contented, content, cheerful, cheery, merry, joyful, jovial, jolly, joking, jocular, gleeful, carefree, untroubled, delighted, smiling, beaming, grinning, glowing, satisfied, gratified, buoyant, radiant, sunny, blithe, joyous, beatific, blessed
you wouldn't have a dog's chance a month ago I didn't give him a dog's chance Example sentencesExamples - There is not a dog's chance of that happening.
- He says, ‘They are not to blame, they have not a dog's chance - we should be like them if we settled here.’
- The Government did aim at that objective, but it has now had to acknowledge that there is not a dog's chance of meeting it.
- There is not a dog's chance of the country recovering to the top half of the organisation within a decade.
informal Behave in a pretentious or ostentatious way. we have to put on the dog for Anne Marie Example sentencesExamples - The CEO put on the dog today as he welcomed customers to the enterprise software company's annual users' conference.
- I suppose I should have worked harder to raise money and put on the dog a little more, but the truth is, I was having too much fun and didn't want to take the time.
- Because the companies usually have inked deals before the show with key licensees, why drag the whole staff and put on the dog for three dizzying days?
- Al, with his short curly hair greased back, was putting on the dog and crooning a ballad into a microphone.
throw someone to the dogs Discard someone as worthless. young people look upon the older person as someone to be thrown to the dogs Example sentencesExamples - If he plans for us to do anything more… I'll help you throw him to the dogs.
- Just as Joanna is ready to throw him to the dogs, she meets another equally sceptical figure in the shape of Bobbie.
- If the film is a hit, it's okay, but if it is not, they are thrown to the dogs.
- I'm willing to throw him to the dogs for leaking about our listening in on the terrorist's satellite phones.
- I could tell that Jeremiah was planning on throwing me to the dogs.
- Then the punters, who have encouraged every vice or flaw, hold up their hands in mock outrage and throw them to the dogs.
- They are already trying to protect Hannah with denials he could possibly have been involved, presumably meaning that they would be willing to throw Libby to the dogs.
- The clear inference was that the Island authorities got wind of the investigation and decided to throw him to the dogs.
- You threw me to the dogs and now I'm running from the pack.
- She devoted her life to you and you threw her to the dogs!
you can't teach an old dog new tricks proverb You cannot make people change their ways. Example sentencesExamples - They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but, apparently, you can take some old film ideas and give them a new twist.
- The latter may account for the fact that it is more difficult for elderly people to learn new motor skills; in other words, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but this winter they are finally going to be proven wrong.
- Like they say, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- Teddy's 75th minute free-kick which wrapped up England's victory had ‘Beckham’ stamped right through it to disprove the theory that you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- I wonder if sometimes doctors think it's unsuitable because they think you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- He has surprised many by defying the adage that you can't teach an old dog new tricks by adopting a more attacking approach than he normally favours for his teams.
- But I say that you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- ‘Well, you can't teach an old dog new tricks,’ Ghost said, ‘But for some, there are exceptions.’
- There is something to be said for that old saying that you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
why keep a dog and bark yourself? proverb Why pay someone to work for you and then do the work yourself?
Origin Old English docga, of unknown origin. The word dog appears only once in surviving Old English literature, and until the Middle Ages hound was the ordinary word for a dog. The low status of dogs is shown by phrases like a dog's life, not have a dog's chance, and to treat someone like a dog. For something to go to the dogs is certainly undesirable, but even such luckless animals might sometimes get hold of a tasty treat or a warm bed, for every dog has its day. Dogs can be savage, and dog eat dog signifies a situation of fierce competition. This rather chillingly makes reference to, and reverses, the proverb dog does not eat dog, which dates back to the mid 16th century in English and has a precursor in Latin canis caninam non est, ‘a dog does not eat dog's flesh’. Every dog is allowed one bite is based on the rule, probably dating from the 17th century, by which an animal's owner was not liable for harm done by it unless he knew of its vicious tendencies. A dog in the manger, ‘a person inclined to prevent others having or using things that they do not want or need themselves’, derives from a fable in which a dog lies in a manger to prevent the ox and horse from eating hay. People have invoked the idea since the 16th century. A change in the status of dogs is found in the idea of the dog being man's best friend, which seems to be a Victorian one, a change emphasized by love me, love my dog. See also bollock, canary, dinner, hair, havoc
Rhymes agog, befog, blog, bog, clog, cog, flog, fog, grog, hog, Hogg, hotdog, jog, log, nog, prog, slog, smog, snog, sprog, tautog, tog, trog Definition of dog in US English: dognoundɔɡdôɡ 1A domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, nonretractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice. Canis familiaris, family Canidae (the dog family); probably domesticated from the wolf in the Mesolithic period. The dog family also includes the wolves, coyotes, jackals, and foxes Example sentencesExamples - Secondly, rabid stray dogs do not observe boundaries.
- ‘All dogs have an intense sense of smell, and every dog likes to sniff,’ Smith said.
- Her size makes it impractical to use her as a patrol dog, but her sense of smell is so keen she can detect even trace amounts of drugs.
- He could almost feel them out there; it was time to call the dogs to heel.
- The enamel carried a scene of hunting dogs chasing a hare.
- The top five dogs of each breed are invited to attend.
- Don't overlook books and videos on training hunting dogs.
- Domesticated dogs arose from wolves that somehow became accustomed to living among people.
- The sun shone, people were walking the dog, airing the child, spring cleaning their souls.
- Mr. Mason's hunting dogs weren't barking their heads off for once, which was new.
- A woman in Hastings is walking a small dog on a leash.
- I think it's okay to keep pet dogs on a leash and birds in a cage.
- She heard a car door shut and a muffled voice calming the dog who now went from barking to a whine.
- Her attack dog is a mutt, and, as everyone knows, mongrels are healthier than pedigreed dogs.
- He said, ‘It's kind of like a hound dog chasing a rabbit.’
- People let their dogs foul in public places and leave it for somebody else to worry about.
- The neighbor's dog barked relentlessly, giving the night a heartbeat to add to his own.
- However, there have been several instances where citizens have been bitten by stray dogs.
Synonyms hound, canine, mongrel, cur, tyke - 1.1 A wild animal of the dog family.
Example sentencesExamples - In most mammals, adult play is rare, but it is common in dolphins, members of the dog family, great apes and, of course, humans.
- The thing is Robyn we've got the numbers here and as you said it's quite a large proportion if you like of Wild African dogs in captivity in Australia.
- In this matter of going, readily do dogs, jackals and the like, know when they move on that they are moving.
- Among dogs, the family that preys together stays together.
- Last night I watched a documentary on the Golden Jackals of Africa - dogs nearly identical to Jasper.
- To all dog owners, the call goes out, keep you dogs under control day and night, as the lambing season is upon us now and many have been savaged by roaming dogs in some areas already.
- Teufel-hunden were originally known as the wild, ferocious mountain dogs of Bavarian folklore.
- We watched the wild cats and dogs frolicking in the winter sunlight.
- 1.2 The male of an animal of the dog family, or of some other mammals such as the otter.
Example sentencesExamples - With his hair tinged by the sun's rays, he looked like a dog fox who'd out-witted his pursuers once again.
- The big dog otter probably got as much of a fright as he did, it about-turned and leapt into the water.
- A member of the waterworks department shot a fine dog otter on the lower Rivington reservoir.
- A male, or dog, otter can range over six to eight miles, far further than a female.
- It is obvious therefore that not only pregnant and nursing vixens are killed, but also the dog fox, on whom the vixen and cubs often rely for food.
- The male dog otter measured 41.5 inches in length with a girth of 26 inches.
- In the Landrover in which I was travelling was a large dog fox.
- As I made my way back to my car, a dog fox trotted across the road in front of me, stopped, looked me up and down and then carried on, completely unconcerned.
- ‘I am looking for a young animal, either a dog or a bitch, that has a bit of attitude,’ he said.
2informal A person regarded as unpleasant, contemptible, or wicked (used as a term of abuse) come out, Michael, you dog! Example sentencesExamples - By the way, you can keep the pun you wretched journalistic dogs.
- 2.1dated with adjective Used to refer to a person of a specified kind in a tone of playful reproof, commiseration, or congratulation.
Example sentencesExamples - It's true - I'm a lucky dog.
- If that next race is the bottom of the new grade, this lucky dog might have a chance of stumbling into the money again.
- I thought My God, if all the scenes are as scary as this one; I'm really a lucky dog.
- He got up with his hand wrapped around her little waist… that lucky dog!
- There's not much more to be said about it other than she's a lucky dog.
Synonyms human being, individual, man, woman, human, being, living soul, soul, mortal, creature, fellow - 2.2 Used in various phrases to refer to someone who is abject or miserable, especially because they have been treated harshly.
I make him work like a dog Rob was treated like a dog Example sentencesExamples - She talked about the prisoners being treated like dogs by the general.
- In order to get him to commit you have to treat him like a dog.
- The fact is that Addis was not treated like a dog.
- It was appalling to see those broken bodies, human beings treated worse than dogs.
- The actor plays a guy who is sort of - he's treated like a dog by this gangster, his master.
- The schools are good so there's no need to work like a dog to pay school fees.
- They were treated as dogs, they were hungry, and the goddess of justice refused to review their plight.
- Do you think this helps explain why today's corporate bosses are treating American workers like dogs?
- Why the hell did these cops treat me like a dog in the street?
- I can work like a dog when I have to; as long as my energy is directed at the race car, I can be fairly competitive.
- Tash had enough self-respect to dislike being treated like a stray dog.
- He continued by declaring, ‘the dictator must die like a dog, because he deserves it.’
- During the Second World War, he treated Sinclair like a dog.
- I was already treated worse than a dog, letting her see me shed tears, only gave her more opportunities to despise me.
- I say it's cruel for us to be treated like dogs in here.
- Those people put their lives up for this country - and for them - and they are being forced out into the gutter and being treated like dogs.
- Jackie loved my father and my father treated him like a dog.
- Well if I hired my old headmaster, I'd treat him like a dog.
- The poor Prime Minister, the dog hasn't even got a bone to show for his efforts.
- ‘To say that they treated Victoria like a dog would be wholly unfair,’ he said.
- 2.3offensive A woman regarded as unattractive.
- 2.4North American A thing of poor quality; a failure.
Example sentencesExamples - That's why we try to write articles about how to crush on a cutie, find a BF and, yikes, get rid of a dog of a dude before he turns your heart into a pancake.
- With a lead clenched less than firmly in his sweaty palm, he then contrived to play a dog of a game in the middle of the second set.
- Sounds like a real dog of a human being to have to deal with.
- So how do you choose from the plethora of contracts on offer to ensure you don't get stuck with a dog of a contract?
- It is a dog of a day, relentless rain and biting cold fraying the nerve ends of men who like to be in perpetual motion.
- One of the great mysteries of Australian political life is why a man who is about to dump a dog of a tax system on an unsuspecting public should appear so smug?
- Move too early, and you might end up backing a dog of a technology.
- It's been a dog of a market in the past few months compared with the rest of Asia, but we are still overweight there.
- The only question New Zealand First really wants to ask the Minister is why he came to the House for the first reading with such a dog of a bill.
- I personally still think it is a dog of a deal but I am glad that he has taken the stand that he has.
- There is also an ugly betrayal of Cammie's trust, and, as befits a dog of a play, a shaggy-dog ending.
- If he understands that it's a dog of a deal, why do you think he'd consider supporting it?
- Through the select committee process we changed what had been a dog of a bill into a much-improved bill.
- Never a truer word as, after a dog of a first half, the second period ran rampant on the back of abject defending.
Synonyms failure, disaster, debacle, catastrophe, loser
3A mechanical device for gripping. Example sentencesExamples - The firm have been making grips for years and these dogs here felt so soft and comfortable.
4dogsNorth American informal Feet. if only I could sit down and rest my tired dogs
verbdɔɡdôɡ [with object]1Follow (someone or their movements) closely and persistently. photographers seemed to dog her every step Example sentencesExamples - I mean, they seem to be dogging you throughout this entire investigation.
- When Sampras was taking his first steps to greatness, he had a small gang of hopefuls dogging his footsteps.
- That fellow is going to dog him to the gates of St Peters.
- Since Sally was the only member of the group who would acknowledge Yap's existence, the little gnome dogged her every step, chattering excitedly.
- If something's upsetting her on the home front, she might be trying to get her moms attention - even if it means dogging her.
- Doyle hopes to prove his new pet theories on the existence of the supernatural, but when a murder takes place, his own drowned ghost reappears to dog him.
- Whenever the Democrat arrives in the Midwestern state, he is dogged by a volunteer from the rival campaign dressed as a giant ear of corn.
- Two NBC guys who have spent four months in the desert dogging the division confirmed that this was a very good thing for reporters who want to report on the action.
- Rumours that it may be bought by a private equity group or trade buyer or combination of the two have dogged Allen since the company's formation in 2004.
- It was picture perfect: the sunshine, the breeze, the companionship… and of course, the annoyingly obnoxious group behind us dogging our heels.
- Now, by Cavanaugh's estimate, 75 companies were dogging the buyer for the national store account.
- Her mother dogged her heels, asking more about her day.
- When you have a leader of his passion and effectiveness, you have a media that's very much tracking him and dogging him and trying to find what they can about him.
- The spurned woman shows up on the cruise as well, dogging the newlyweds' footsteps.
- The senator complained that he was dogged all week by opponents of the White House plan who dominated news coverage.
- He laughs about how the police are still - and probably forever - on his tail, even dogging him on his recent US book tour.
- He is dogged by the determined trio of regional leaders, who want to grab as much from the largest pie as possible.
- The riverborne portion of his annual journey was normally its safest part, but this year was different, for someone - or something - was dogging his heels.
Synonyms pursue, follow, stalk, track, trail, shadow, hound - 1.1 (of a problem) cause continual trouble for.
their finance committee has been dogged by controversy Example sentencesExamples - This criticism dogged him for his entire career.
- The trick, you see, is to put what's dogging you into the proper perspective.
- And I'm concerned about making a bad first impression, because that could dog me for months.
- A war that ended 30 years ago still dogs us shaping our debates about fighting an entirely different war.
- The school - which has a police officer stationed on site - has been on special measures for five years and has been dogged by problems.
- Shoals of words have been written about the problems dogging our fishing industry - a key generator of revenue.
- I have to admit that this issue has dogged me most of this week.
- I'm looking for ways to tackle this constant state of feeling tired all the time, which has dogged me for years.
- Sadly, his retirement was dogged by health problems.
- As for the criticism which has dogged him all season he replied that as long as the manager believed in him he was happy.
- She said one of her hopes was complete recovery from the illness that has dogged her.
- One tournament win doesn't inspire confidence but his play this week has been exceptional, a total contrast to the self-doubt that dogged him in recent times.
- Ever thereafter - following his trip to China in 1972 - he was dogged by the fear of assassination.
- These allegations are going to dog him on his final campaign bus tour and he didn't want that.
- The system has been dogged with problems since it came on line in 1999.
- Loneliness, grief and despair dogged her at every turn, seemed to follow always in her wake, just out of sight.
- Although he was acquitted in 1991, the incident has dogged him ever since.
- But again and again, he was dogged by scandals of his own making that made him as much of an embarrassment as an asset to the party he served.
- It has dogged him all his life, and has, at different times, overwhelmed and almost broken him.
- For the last 5-1/2 years this process has been dogged by problem after problem.
Synonyms trouble, disturb, worry, plague, beset, torture, torment, rack, bedevil, nag, vex, harass, pester
2dog itNorth American informal Act lazily; fail to try one's hardest. Example sentencesExamples - He entered the season with a reputation for dogging it when he wasn't the primary receiver.
- He has dogged it by refusing to debate his ready opponent on the Seven Network this Sunday evening.
- But his effort indicated he certainly wasn't dogging it.
- There were more clashes with the coach after his trade to the Nuggets, including an accusation that he dogged it through his first season in Denver.
- He loved the game and didn't mind ragging on the players when they were dogging it.
- Pavel led the league in goals for the second straight year with 59, even though he dogged it for long portions of the schedule.
- Inside the Ravens' building, the consensus is the running back is not dogging it.
- The Americans actually were dogging it late in the third as the Germans led 67-65, but Pierce sank a 10-spot on their heads as a part of a 12-0 run to close the quarter.
- The disturbing thing is, they aren't even really trying here, and you can tell they're already dogging it a bit in favor of dull, formulaic jazzy folk that would later be their poison.
- His position coach already has said he expects more effort; and he knows folks in St. Louis still say he dogged it last year.
- I know a lot of people made a big deal out of Jones in the national media, but believe me, he dogged it a lot and didn't seem real eager when he had the chance to run routes and line up at tight end.
- Maybe he has been dogging it all these months in hopes of getting a lot of attention and an extra ration of sympathy kibble.
- I'd rather have the hassle for dogging it than put up with that.
- What sticks out is his Santa Claus ability to know who is working hard and who is dogging it.
3Grip (something) with a mechanical device. with object and complement she has dogged the door shut Example sentencesExamples - Now, as he stood within the hyperbaric chamber of the minisub, he watched as Clark went about dogging the hatches.
- She places the child inside the engineering space before stepping through herself and dogging the hatch behind her.
- These leaks can sometimes be stopped, at opening ports, anyway, by dogging them down tighter.
- There was a muted boom as the Captain closed and dogged the ships inner lock shut behind us.
- She steps through, and closes the hatch, dogging it tightly.
- Its convex shape and dogging mechanism made it look as though it were an enlarged part of a submarine, scavenged from some terrestrial scrap yard and grafted onto the bulkhead.
- The hatch closed, they dogged it, and checked to make sure everyone was in the seats lining the walls.
- If your maintainers open a hatch, be sure they dog it down.
- They reached a hatch and wasted no time in dogging it down behind them.
Phrases Used to refer to a situation of fierce competition in which people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed. in this business, it's always dog eat dog popular music is a dog-eat-dog industry Example sentencesExamples - Labor was effective when it employed direct action against the capitalists, posed a principled and inspirational solidarity movement against the dog eat dog values of the obscenely rich.
- It's a dog eat dog world out there and the young need the best qualifications they can get.
- It was a dog eat dog world, where everything was a competition.
- It's dog eat dog, the wonder of free market capitalism in its purest form.
- They say that in the corporate world it's dog eat dog.
- ‘It's the most dog eat dog market there is,’ he acknowledges.
- ‘It's very quiet, the standard is unbelievably high and it's dog eat dog,’ says Maguire.
- So there's a harsh side to the real world of competition; where competition's fierce, it can be dog eat dog.
- It's dog eat dog in this division, as we've already seen.
- It's a dog eat dog situation even in the law enforcers' world.
Synonyms merciless, pitiless, cruel, heartless, hard-hearted, hard, stony-hearted, stony, with a heart of stone, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, harsh, callous, severe, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsparing, unforgiving, unfeeling, uncaring, unsympathetic, uncharitable, lacking compassion
informal A very long time. the best I've seen in a dog's age Example sentencesExamples - I was out running last-minute errands this afternoon and ran into a guy I used to work with who I haven't seen in a dog's age.
- It was some of the funniest stuff I'd seen in a dog's age.
- They are taking a dog's age to sort out getting me a tenant and as I passed the six-month anniversary of not living there any more I thought it was time to get someone else on the case.
- You see, lead in high enough amounts is toxic to the extreme, not to mention fatal, which is why it hasn't been used in a dog's age.
- So I've resolved to make use of my day by actually writing some of the stupid top-secret fiction thing which has been hanging albatross-like around my neck for a dog's age.
- I'm going to have to stop uploading pictures to this site soon or the front page will take a dog's age to load.
- If you've never seen them before, or haven't seen them in a dog's age, then check out that link.
- I'd known him for a dog's age but a little bit of Jer went a long way.
- I haven't actually listened to his speech in a dog's age, but my recollection is that his phrasing actually went like this.
- Later that same Sunday, I went to the first major comix/sci-fi convention to come to Boston in a dog's age.
An unhappy existence, full of problems or unfair treatment. Example sentencesExamples - Selling wine is a dog's life, but some manage it with integrity
- Face it, it's a dog's life having to raid the dressing-up box for a living.
- And the man on street (literally and figuratively) has a dog's life.
- The payment of salaries is quite often irregular and it is a dog's life for the majority of labourers who go in search of a fortune across the seas.
- Next time you are fed up with the world and say in disgust that it's a dog's life, think twice.
- Ah me, thought Clarence it's a dog's life and decided that on balance the thing to do was sleep.
- He is leading a dog's life at the moment.
- The self-evident fact that the numbers applying for asylum correlate precisely with countries where a dog's life would be a step up is of no account.
literary The havoc accompanying military conflict. Example sentencesExamples - And with the dogs of war in full cry, no politicians in their right mind dared come out in favor of allowing tax dodgers to stick their hands in Uncle Sam's pockets.
- Possible suspensions of civil liberties are something we should all be keeping an eye on now, watchdogs among the dogs of war.
- Europe can only keep at bay the dogs of war that tore it asunder twice in the last century if all its parts work intimately with each other.
- One problem with loosing the dogs of war is that sometimes it's hard to get them back on the leash.
- Unless we can leash the dogs of war, new kinds of instability will result from this war for peace.
- They hate having to break from a comfortable routine and they will cry havoc and loose the dogs of war on anybody who tries to take something from them.
- If Washington calls off the dogs of war, the companies will be allowed to immediately return.
- He has no reason to let loose the dogs of war on his neighbours.
- The siren song in any war on terror is ‘let slip the dogs of war.’
- A peace process does not invariably produce a settlement, but it usually keeps the dogs of war at bay.
informal Deteriorate shockingly. the country is going to the dogs Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately not only the army but the country also eventually went to the dogs.
- As Anna and I used to say at work, this place has gone to the dogs.
- Everybody had to run hard to keep up the real level of their own earnings, while the country went to the dogs.
- When the factories closed, everything went to the dogs.
- They feel that their countries have gone to the dogs under the leadership of the present generation of politicians.
- Law and order went to the dogs after the Whitlam social experiments of excessive welfare, booming populations of single mothers, poor discipline in schools.
- I do not believe that our economy has gone to the dogs as a mistake.
- Although the city has developed by leaps and bounds over the years, the cleanliness for which it was known has gone to the dogs, says the collector.
- As an adult I love wearing them now my eyesight has gone to the dogs.
- But, to be honest, I'm not stupid, that team has gone to the dogs.
Synonyms deteriorate, be in decline, degenerate, decay
usually with negativeBe affected by or have a particular interest in the outcome of a situation. you don't even live here, therefore you don't have a dog in this fight
Example sentencesExamples - He says, ‘They are not to blame, they have not a dog's chance - we should be like them if we settled here.’
- The Government did aim at that objective, but it has now had to acknowledge that there is not a dog's chance of meeting it.
- There is not a dog's chance of that happening.
- There is not a dog's chance of the country recovering to the top half of the organisation within a decade.
informal Behave in a pretentious or ostentatious way. we have to put on the dog for Anne Marie Example sentencesExamples - Because the companies usually have inked deals before the show with key licensees, why drag the whole staff and put on the dog for three dizzying days?
- Al, with his short curly hair greased back, was putting on the dog and crooning a ballad into a microphone.
- The CEO put on the dog today as he welcomed customers to the enterprise software company's annual users' conference.
- I suppose I should have worked harder to raise money and put on the dog a little more, but the truth is, I was having too much fun and didn't want to take the time.
throw someone to the dogs Discard someone as worthless. the weak and oppressed must not be thrown to the dogs Example sentencesExamples - I'm willing to throw him to the dogs for leaking about our listening in on the terrorist's satellite phones.
- She devoted her life to you and you threw her to the dogs!
- If the film is a hit, it's okay, but if it is not, they are thrown to the dogs.
- I could tell that Jeremiah was planning on throwing me to the dogs.
- Just as Joanna is ready to throw him to the dogs, she meets another equally sceptical figure in the shape of Bobbie.
- You threw me to the dogs and now I'm running from the pack.
- The clear inference was that the Island authorities got wind of the investigation and decided to throw him to the dogs.
- They are already trying to protect Hannah with denials he could possibly have been involved, presumably meaning that they would be willing to throw Libby to the dogs.
- If he plans for us to do anything more… I'll help you throw him to the dogs.
- Then the punters, who have encouraged every vice or flaw, hold up their hands in mock outrage and throw them to the dogs.
you can't teach an old dog new tricks proverb You cannot make people change their established patterns of opinion and behavior. Example sentencesExamples - He has surprised many by defying the adage that you can't teach an old dog new tricks by adopting a more attacking approach than he normally favours for his teams.
- The latter may account for the fact that it is more difficult for elderly people to learn new motor skills; in other words, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but, apparently, you can take some old film ideas and give them a new twist.
- They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but this winter they are finally going to be proven wrong.
- ‘Well, you can't teach an old dog new tricks,’ Ghost said, ‘But for some, there are exceptions.’
- There is something to be said for that old saying that you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- I wonder if sometimes doctors think it's unsuitable because they think you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- Like they say, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- Teddy's 75th minute free-kick which wrapped up England's victory had ‘Beckham’ stamped right through it to disprove the theory that you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- But I say that you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
proverb Everyone will have good luck or success at some point in their lives. Example sentencesExamples - I'm aware that, very, very occasionally a performance is given which astonishes us all, but every dog has his day, and England's problem is having too few of these.
- But every dog has his day I guess so this one could be it.
- However, no sooner had I written this than I get to find out every dog has his day, right?
- It's not nice to keep losing but every dog has its day.
- After many weeks of shooting in the high 120's and hitting the ball like a dog, his first win for over 2 years proved that every dog has its day.
- ‘Well, you know what they say… every dog has its day,’ he pointed out.
- In parallel with his ascendancy to the top of the NFL tree went his present team, their unlikely transformation from zeroes to heroes last season illustrating that every dog has its day.
- It is said that every dog has his day and it has been a long time between barks for Dick - so well done!
- As I said to him after the game, every dog has his day and fair dues to them.
- There comes a time to stop, every dog has its day, and I think I have had mine.
Origin Old English docga, of unknown origin. |