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English 51 Public

American English Idioms

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Dog-eat-dog

intensely competitive

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Every dog has (his/its) day

Everyone has a moment of fame, power, or influence

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Every man and his dog

Many people

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Fight like cats and dogs

Continually arguing with each other

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Go see a man about a dog

Go to the bathroom (said as a euphemism)

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(Something) is going to the dogs

To become disordered, to decay

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Let sleeping dogs lie

To avoid stirring up a problem; to leave things alone

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(Give someone) puppy (dog) eyes

A begging look

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My dogs are barking

My feet hurt

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It's raining cats and dogs

Raining very heavily

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Teach an old dog new tricks

To change someone’s long-established habits. Usually used in the negative.

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There's more than one way to skin a cat

There are multiple ways to accomplish this task.

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A cat has nine lives

Cats seem to get away with everything

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A cat nap

A nap

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Scardy-cat

Someone who is excessively scared or afraid

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Cat fight

A fight between two women

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