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off the chainCrazy and exciting; delirious and wild. By analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.Rate it:

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on l'a reçu comme un chien dans un jeu de quillesHe was as welcome as a dog at a wedding.Rate it:

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on ne prend pas de valet pour se servir soi-mêmeWhat! keep a dog and bark thyself!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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out of house and homeHelping Your Dog Adjust to a New Home, The Progressive Animal Welfare Society.Rate it:

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pelt of the dogAn immoderate, excessive quantity of alcohol drunk the morning after whilst suffering withdrawal symptoms or a hangover, which goes beyond alleviating the complaint to causing drunkenness; cf. hair of the dog.Rate it:

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petit bonhomme vit encoreThere’s life in the old dog yet.Rate it:

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pitTo put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.Rate it:

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pure finderSomeone who collected dog faeces for sale to tanneries (which used it as a siccative for bookbinding leather). Undertaken by old women in Britain in the 18th century. (Reference: Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore, 1987, paperback 1996 ISBN 1-86046-150-6 chapter 1 page 21.)Rate it:

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put on the dogTo dress up; to put on airs; to make a show of wealth and/or importance; to be pretentious.Rate it:

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qui aime bertrand, aime son chienLove me, love my dog.Rate it:

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qui jeune n'apprend, rien ne sauraAn old dog will learn no tricks. Rate it:

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qui veut noyer son chien l'accuse de la rageGive your dog a bad name and hang him.Rate it:

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

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red dogA blitz.Rate it:

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red dogTo blitz.Rate it:

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s'accorder comme chien et chatTo live a cat and dog life.Rate it:

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se manger le blanc des yeuxTo have a furious quarrel.Rate it:

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sea dogold sailorRate it:

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see a man about a dogUsed as an excuse for leaving without giving the real reason (especially if the reason is to go to the toilet, or to have a drink).Rate 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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sick as a dogVery ill.Rate it:

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Sick as a DogTo suffer from an illness, to be very sickRate it:

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so far so goodUp to this point, all is OK.Well, you've packed your bags for the holiday, bought your tickets, reserved the hotel and put the dog in kennels. So far so good, now let's get to Minorca without any troubles.Rate it:

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

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that cock won't fightSynonym of that dog won't huntRate it:

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that dog won't huntThat idea will not work; that is an inadequate explanation or proposition.Rate it:

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that old dog won't huntSynonym of that dog won't hunt.Rate it:

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the whole world and his dogEverybody; too many people; a huge crowd.Rate it:

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there's life in the old dog yetA person's faculties, or an organization's usefulness, should not be written off simply because of age.Rate it:

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to dog flyto be having a fine only progressRate it:

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top catSynonym of top dogRate it:

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

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until the last dog is hunguntil the last moment.Rate it:

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wag the dogTo divert negative political attention by use of a military operation.Rate it:

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walk the dogTake a dog for a walkRate it:

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walk the dogperform a trick where the yo-yo rolls on the ground, attached to the stringRate it:

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walk the dogPerform a trick where the ball rolls down the shaft, and then is caught in the head of the lacrosse stick.Rate it:

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what dogWhen thy try to arceth upRate it:

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what's up dogHelloRate it:

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wiener doganother name for a Dachshund breed of dog; a long short-legged dogRate it:

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yellow dogA Carolina dog.Rate it:

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yellow dogShortening of yellow dog Democrat.Rate it:

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

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yellow dogAn item or person of low value.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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you can't teach an old dog new tricksIt is impossible, or almost impossible, to change people's habits or traits or mindset.Rate it:

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小狗懶擦鞋a phrase that literally means "little dog lazy to wipe shoes" but is actually a phrase which contains words with similar sounds to the five profanities in Cantonese: 屌, 鳩, 撚, 柒, 閪.Rate it:

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