Airedale
/ˈɛːdeɪl
/noun
A large terrier of a rough-coated black-and-tan breed.One of the Harrison's dogs, an Airedale Terrier, stayed with the trapped women throughout the ordeal....
- The Airedale terrier found in the cathedral grounds of Dunkeld greets visitors with a wet muzzle.
- The Airedale is the king of the terriers and the largest of the terrier group.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Airedale, a district in Yorkshire, where the dog was bred.
- you can lead (or take) a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you can say that again!
- you can't get a quart into a pint pot
- you can't have your cake and eat it (too)
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- you can't keep a good man (or woman) down
- you can't lose
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make bricks without straw
- you can't (or can) talk (you shouldn't or should talk)
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't win them all (or win some, lose some)
- you could have fooled me!
- you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down with a feather
- you couldn't make it up
- you'd
- you don't say (or you don't say so)!
- Youghiogheny River
- you have no idea
- you haven't lived!
- youing
- you know
- you know something (or what)?
- you-know-who (or you-know-what)