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tail wagging the dogA minor or secondary part of something controlling the whole.Rate it:

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it's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dogdetermination and perseverance will win out in the long run.Rate it:

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Dog-Eat-Dog WorldTo live a life associated by severe competition wherein people struggle ruthlessly to live or attain successRate it:

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dog eat dogRuthlessly acquisitive or competitive. Describes a business or other set of circumstances where people try to succeed at the expense of other people.Rate it:

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dog-eat-dogHarsh and ruthless.Rate it:

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chase one's tailTo busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.Rate it:

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high-tail itTo hurry or run; often, to flee.Rate it:

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In Two Shakes of a Lamb's TailToo fast, immediately and at once without any delayRate it:

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make head or tail ofTo determine to be good or bad.Rate it:

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tickle the dragon's tailTo annoy an irritable person.Rate it:

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tail inTo fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support.Rate it:

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tail between one's legsA reaction to a confrontation, specifically one with excessive shame and hurt pride.Rate it:

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a pig might have a long tale but its tail is always short!A hypocrite always keeps giving excuses & making stories, but his/her supporter & power base are always short! So, if anyone earnestly try to get rid of that hypocrite's tyranny and torcher, that is very much feasible as history supports that hypocrites never win!Rate it:

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biting the cat's tailmaking a risky decisionRate it:

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chase tailPartner.Rate it:

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have a tiger by the tailTo be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw.Rate it:

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have the tiger by the tailTo be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw.Rate it:

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have the world by the tailTo possess great influence and opportunity.Rate it:

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long tailUsed other than as an idiom: The tail of a distribution that represents the rare occurrence of extreme values..Rate it:

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long tailSales made for less usual goods within a very large choice, which can return a profit through reduced marketing and distribution costs.Rate it:

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make head or tail ofTo understand even minimally.Rate it:

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piece of tailAlternative form of piece of ass.Rate it:

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tail awayTo gradually subside or diminish; to tail off.Rate it:

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tail offTo gradually subside or diminish; to tail away.Rate it:

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take a tiger by the tailLatch-on, accost, challenge, confront someone or something which is dangerous, threatening, vicious, harmful, explosive, oppressive, vindictive.Rate it:

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tickle the dragon's tailTo do something that has a risk of going catastrophically wrong.Rate it:

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tickle the dragon's tailTo bring two subcritical masses close together in order to find the edge of criticality.Rate it:

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turn tailTo flee; to run away; to leave.Rate it:

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whale tailAn automotive spoilerRate it:

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whale tailUsed other than as an idiom: The tail of a whale.Rate it:

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whale tailAn unintentional display of a thong etc above the waistband of trousers etc.Rate it:

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work one's tail offWork excessively or to the point of exhaustion.Rate it:

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a cut dog ain't got no pups.It goes without saying that a fixed dog can't father any puppies.Rate it:

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chocolate hot doga piece of faecesRate it:

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Dog's LifeA be miserable and awful, to have harsh survival without much pleasure or prosperityRate it:

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dressed/done up like a dog’s dinnerThe root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.Rate it:

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eat one's own dog foodTo use or consume the economic goods or services that oneself is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.Rate it:

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top dogIn a competition, the one expected to win.Rate it:

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You Can't Teach an Old Dog New TricksMaking people change their habits or adjusting to new skills is impossible, It is very hard to make people change their waysRate it:

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she would rip a dog off a gut wagonA 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:

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as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his follyFoolish people repeatedly do foolish things.Rate it:

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a hit dog will hollaif one is guilty, then that guilt will ultimately be revealed.Rate it:

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dog days of summerhot summer day when you just want to sit under a tree and do nothingRate it:

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cat and dog lifeUnhappy married life.Rate it:

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dog and pony showAny presentation or display that is overly contrived or intricate.Rate it:

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every dog has its dayEveryone has a time of success and satisfaction.Rate it:

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fit as a butcher's dogVery fit; in good shape.Rate it:

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on the internet nobody knows you're a dogIt is easy to conceal one's identity on the internet.Rate it:

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red dogA blitz.Rate it:

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red dogUsed other than as an idiom: see red, dog.Rate it:

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