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单词 dog eat dog
释义

dog eat dog

phrase
You use dog eat dog to express your disapproval of a situation where everyone wants to succeed and is willing to harm other people in order to do so.
[disapproval]
It is very much dog eat dog out there.
The TV business today is a dog-eat-dog business.
See full dictionary entry for dog

dog eat dog in British English

ruthless competition or self-interest
See full dictionary entry for dog

dog-eat-dog in American English

(ˌdɔgitˈdɔg)
adjective
characterized by ruthless or savage competition

dog eat dog

used for describing a situation in which everyone wants to succeed and is willing to harm other peopleor to use dishonest methods in order to do this
In the 1992 campaign, he said that if it was going to be `dog eat dog' he would doanything it took to get himself re-elected.

Examples of 'dog eat dog' in a sentence
dog eat dog

Those socialist niceties always turn to dog eats dog.
The Sun (2009)
The music industry is dog eat dog.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The claws are out in this dog eat dog competition.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It sounds really dog eat dog and competitive.
The Sun (2013)
It is dog eat dog out there.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is dog eat dog in the boardroom.
The Sun (2009)
It is dog eat dog and you have to survive.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
(idiom) 
TV is a dog-eat-dog business.
Synonyms
ruthless
a ruthless totalitarian power
fierce
the teeth of some fierce animal
vicious
He suffered a vicious attack by a group of gang members.
ferocious
Fighting has been ferocious.
cut-throat
the cut-throat world of international finance
with no holds barred
See dog

Additional synonyms

in the sense of cut-throat
Definition
fierce or ruthless in competition
the cut-throat world of international finance
Synonyms
competitive,
fierce,
ruthless,
relentless,
unprincipled,
dog-eat-dog
in the sense of ferocious
Definition
savagely fierce or cruel
Fighting has been ferocious.
Synonyms
cruel,
bitter,
brutal,
vicious,
ruthless,
relentless,
barbaric,
merciless,
brutish,
bloodthirsty,
barbarous,
pitiless,
tigerish
in the sense of fierce
Definition
very aggressive or angry
the teeth of some fierce animal
Synonyms
ferocious,
wild,
dangerous,
cruel,
savage,
brutal,
aggressive,
menacing,
vicious,
fiery,
murderous,
uncontrollable,
feral,
untamed,
barbarous,
fell (archaic),
threatening,
baleful,
truculent,
tigerish,
aggers (Australian, slang),
biffo (Australian, slang)

Nearby words of
dog-eat-dog

  • doff
  • dog
  • dog's dinner
  • dog-eat-dog
  • dogged
  • doggedness
  • doggo

Synonyms of 'dog-eat-dog'

dog-eat-dog

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