单词 | dog's life |
释义 | dog's lifeSEE SYNONYMS FOR dog's life ON THESAURUS.COM A miserably unhappy existence, as in He's been leading a dog's life since his wife left him. This expression was first recorded in a 16th-century manuscript and alludes to the miserable subservient existence of dogs during this era. By the 1660s there was a proverb: “It's a dog's life, hunger and ease.” Words nearby dog's lifedogshore, dog show, dog-sitter, dogsled, dog's letter, dog's life, dog's mercury, dog's-tail, Dog Star, dog's-tongue, dog's-tooth check The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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