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she would rip a dog off a gut wagon	A gut wagon was a horse drawn wagon that was used for collecting butcher's scraps for further processing. The wagons were often followed by determined and persistent dogs intent on eating the contents of the wagon. It took a great deal of effort to keep these dogs away from or off the wagon. A person's appearance ugly or objectionable enough to discourage or scare the dogs from the gut wagon would be ugly indeed.	Rate it: (4.67 / 3 votes)
monkey on one's back	A state of persistent distress or worry or the cause of such a state.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
Indian sign	A curse causing loss of will power or persistent bad luck.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
glutton for punishment	One persistent in an effort in spite of harmful or unpleasant results.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
like a dog with a bone	Stubborn; persistent; relentless; dogged	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mean streak	A defect in character characterized by persistent nastiness, viciousness, or malevolence.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thorn in someone's side	A persistent annoyance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thorn in the flesh	A persistent difficulty or something very annoying that will not go away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)