单词 | dog does not eat dog |
释义 | > as lemmasdog does not eat dog c. [after Latin canis caninam non est ( Varro De Lingua Latina vii. 32)] dog does not eat dog and variants: people of the same calling, origin, etc., do not deliberately harm one another; conversely (let) dog eat dog (cf. dog-eat-dog n. and adj. at Compounds 3a). ΚΠ 1543 W. Turner Huntyng Romishe Fox sig. Aiiv That the prouerb may haue a place on dog will not eat of an other dogges fleshe nether will on wolf eat of an other. 1739 Life Richard Turpin 10/2 Turpin swore, if he did not deliver immediately he would shoot him through the Head, upon which King fell a Laughing, and said, What! Dog eat Dog? 1789 Times 19 June 3/1 As it is an established fact, that sharper will not rob sharper, nor dog eat dog. 1790 ‘P. Pindar’ Complimentary Epist. J. Bruce 34 Dog should not prey on dog, the proverb says. 1835 W. G. Simms Partisan I. v. 59 He cannot escape Travis..who knows the swamp as well as himself. They're both from Goose Creek, and so let dog eat dog. 1858 A. Gray Let. 23 Feb. (1973) II. 439 I cannot promise any special instruction, and shall take no fee. ‘Dog does not eat dog’ is the saying, you know. 1900 Australasian Med. Gaz. 20 Apr. 170/2 It is an old saying that ‘dog will not eat dog’. But alas! for the time-honoured saw, in the light of these facts. 1917 G. L. Morrill Devil in Mexico 328 Do nothing, let dog eat dog—this is the policy of non-interference. 1962 C. R. Boxer Golden Age Brazil viii. 221 Felisberto..acting on the principle that ‘dog does not eat dog’, turned a blind eye to the activities of the smugglers. 2008 F. Noronha Behind News 5 In Goa, the media seldom writes critically about themselves [sic]. Dog doesn't eat dog, as one journalist would argue. < as lemmas |
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