I can think of a pretty good reason why you should (literally) let this sleeping dog lie – umm, adoro – but what does that saying mean anyway? After all the kitty idioms, I couldn't neglect all those ruff idioms. If you think you're a big dog, prove yourself here!
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I've never heard the one on question 8 before. Good quiz, had fun guessing the answers.
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wow! I didn't expect to get them all right.
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9/10.....not bad!
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7/10 not too shabby!
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I have never heard #8. Also, ever since I first heard it, I thought #4 was the weirdest expression ever.
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I am going to dispute #9. I don't see how being stuck with paperwork, etc. means that you can't teach a dog new tricks. If you had said that my boss promised no more paperwork overload, but
gave it to me anyway -- then that would be you can't teach a dog new tricks. The phrase "dog days of summer" (as I have heard it used) usually refers to being caught in a grind and just
slogging through to the end, which fits much better with the example you gave. The dog days of summer actually fall when the dog star and constellation are high in the sky from mid-August to
early September. That's definitely a time period that I'm just slogging through and waiting to come to an end.
10 out of 10 Woot! Woot!
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I'm with cageyme - there was no indication that you always get stuck with bureaucracy and paperwork from your boss. Definitely dog days of summer.
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"got to see a man about a dog" just means you don't want to elaborate on why you have to leave or where.
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Wow, I'd never heard of a couple of those.
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