(something) shouldn't happen to a dog Idiom

a dog's age

a long time, 10-15 years, a coon's age Mel! I haven't seen you for a dog's age - at least ten years!

a dog's breakfast

a mixture of many things, a hodgepodge This book is a dog's breakfast. It contains a bit of everything.

a dog's life

a poor life, hard times Without a job, it's a dog's life.

a hotdog

one who plays only for the crowd, a show-off Eddie was a hotdog - always trying to excite the crowd.

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

billy dog

(See a billy dog)

call off the dogs

tell your friends to stop harassing me Okay, I'll pay what I owe you. But call off the dogs!

dirty dog/dirty rat

immoral person, liar, scum, slimebucket You dirty rat! You stole my truck and used my credit card!

dog days of summer

the hottest days of summer, midsummer We like to watch baseball during the dog days of summer.

dog eat dog

vicious competition, everybody for himself Will education prepare us for the dog-eat-dog world of business?

(something) shouldn't appear to a dog

Something is so abhorrent or abhorrent that no animal should anytime accept to acquaintance it. A barbarous advance like that shouldn't appear to a dog. The baby-kisser reveals abounding claimed tragedies in her autobiography, abominable things that shouldn't appear to a dog.Learn more: dog, happen

shouldn't appear to a dog

Fig. an announcement of article that is so bad that no animal deserves it. Poor guy. That shouldn't appear to a dog. This algid I got shouldn't appear to a dog.Learn more: dog, happen

shouldn’t appear to a dog

in. describes article that is so bad that no animal deserves it. This algid I got shouldn’t appear to a dog. Learn more: dog, happen

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