Today we are going to do something real fun! It’s all about Dog Idioms! My mommy loves idioms and she says it’s a fascinating aspect of her hooman language. Here is a list of some expressions that use ‘dog’. Let me know how many of these you’ve heard before.
Dog Idioms You Should Know
a. Raining Cats and Dogs
Crazy weather! A storm with wind and heavy rain.
b. Bite the hand that feeds you
Ungrateful! To turn against someone.
c. Dog Days of Summer
The hottest days of Summer! This is from early July to early August when Sirius, the Dog Star, rises and sets with the sun.
d. His bark is worse than his bite
He’s all talk and no action!
e. Dog eat dog world
Ruthless competition! Something like survival of the fittest.
f. Dog-ear
To fold down the corner of a book to mark the page! Mommy hates it! She believes books deserve more respect and care.
g. Let sleeping dogs lie
To avoid the things at peace so that you do not cause any problems!
h. A dog with two tails
To be extremely happy!
i. Puppy dog eyes
Dramatically sad face by enlarging your eyes (to get what you want!)
j. It’s a Dog’s Life!
To be loved, pampered and treated as a family! This one’s Mommy’s favorite 🙂
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Too cute!
Too cute!
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While I knew all of them, I didn’t think there would be 10!
There are many many more, Doc😂
what about ‘barking dogs never bite’ and ‘dogs bark but the caravan moves on’ and ‘give a dog a bad name’? Sorry just wagging my tail and annoying you fur ball! 😉
No, you’re annoying. There are so many more out there. These are mommy’s favourites. Thanks for adding to the list. 😀
I love dogs and dog idioms so I enjoyed your post a lot.
I only know Woof woof… oh well thats definitely not an ididom. But seiously never knew these Idioms existed.
“Every Dog Has Its Day”, but with Muffy every day is a perfect day I’m sure <3
Hehehehe….this was a fun post, Muffykins! <3
Here’s a couple more!
It’s a three dog night (very cold).
Fighting like cats and dogs.
Muddy you are such cuteness overload. Loved your mommy’s and yours dog idioms. Coming back to lap up more.
Natasha
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Here’s to learning something new every day! And a double dose. Had no idea of the origin of Dog Days of Summer. Only, that you should let the dogs alone when it’s so blasted hot! And I just had to google on the term idiom. Who knew!!
Fun! My grand-dog would approve!
Beth
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I think I have used atleast 7 of the idioms mentioned in the list. Enjoyed reading them all.
Its indeed a dog’s life Muffy – your posts make me think so! What fun you seem to be having with your new family!! xoxo
Have definitely used many of them. Raining cats and dogs was like my favorite once I had read it in school days. I:D