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Sara
Is this expression common or rare in your country?
A dog's dinner
Have you seen that guy over there? he's dressed like a dog's dinner! Someone should say something to him!
Mar 15, 2015 1:32 PM
Answers · 3
1
Yes, we say this in Britain.
It's mainly used by older people, myself included.
March 15, 2015
1
I know the phrase "dog's breakfast," not "dog's dinner."
I'm bookish enough that I cannot say for sure whether I've actually heard it used in the United States, or whether I read it, possibly in a British book.
In any case, the meaning is clear. Dogs vomit easily. (In the Bible, Proverbs 26:2, in traditional old English "King James Version, it says, Proverb 26:2, "As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly." "Como perro que vuelve a su vómito...")
March 15, 2015
I have never heard it used in the US.
March 17, 2015
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