Enjoy these Dog Big Brain quizzes we've created for you, helping to test the Dog knowledge you have.
a pointlessly selfish person | |
a comfortably resting canine | |
a cattle and sheep dog | |
a gloomy woman | |
The Dog in the Manger is one of Aesop´s fables, <br> in which a dog sleeps in the manger or food tray <br> of an ox and prevents the ox from getting <br> to its food. Even when, of course, the dog <br> has no interest in eating hay itself. Click here <br> for a big listing of Aesop´s fables <a href="http://www.fables.co.kr/english/The_dog_in_the_manger.htm"> including this one.
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A children´s circus | |
A petting zoo | |
A Broadway musical | |
Hyped up presentation | |
This phrase means an elaborate advertising, <br> sales or promotional presentation. It comes from the <br> idea of bringing the flash and dazzle of circus <br> animal acts to a business presentation.
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Helpless | |
Very unfriendly | |
Tired and hungry | |
Ruthlessly competitive | |
This phrase, for a person or society, suggests <br> a willingness to do anything to succeed or get <br> what you want.
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Sleepy | |
Exhausted | |
Having sore feet | |
Wide awake | |
Working dogs in the past did all manner of labor <br> from hunting to herding to hauling and more. Work <br> like a dog and dog tired likely both come from <br> an era when dogs truly were laborers, very, very tired <br> when their work was done.
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Visit a breeding kennel | |
Go to ruin or moral decay | |
Go to a dog show | |
Go clothes shopping | |
Like it or not, the word dog can be applied to <br> things of poor quality, crude or ugly, so going <br> to the dogs means leaving behind things that are <br> refined, of high quality and beauty, or morally sound.
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Being pampered | |
Living in the country | |
Being well exercised | |
Being unkindly treated | |
Sadly, dogs have often been mistreated throughout <br> history, so the term living a dog´s life means <br> having a miserable life or harassed existence. <br> Today, many of us might think of a dog´s life as <br> being pampered, given the special foods, toys and <br> equipment made to make our dogs´ lives more <br> comfortable.
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Wear a fur coat | |
Grasp a dog´s leash | |
Show off one´s wealth | |
Wear fur-lined boots | |
Just when you thought a dog was a failure, a flop <br> or something ugly, we turn around in American slang <br> and use putting on the dog to mean ostentatiously <br> displaying one´s wealth, culture or elegance, or <br> generally putting on airs. Guess dogs are pretty <br> valuable after all!
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A type of ale | |
An overweight canine | |
A fortunate person | |
A show dog | |
Often heard as "You lucky dog," this phrase can <br> also mean "favorite of the gods" or "spoiled child <br> of fortune." It suggests one has a happy state of <br> existence gained by fate or good fortune, not <br> hard work.
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Standing on her feet | |
Resting on her elbows | |
On her kitchen counter | |
Lying in her bed | |
For some reason, the word dog became equated <br> with the word foot, so a woman might well be tired <br> from standing on her dogs all day.
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Snowy winter days | |
Cherry blossom time | |
Hot summer days | |
The week of Halloween | |
The dog days are the hot summer days, originally <br> thought of as the time when Sirius the Dog Star <br> and the Sun rise together. This period is now <br> considered to be July 3 to August 11. In this <br> phrase as with the other nine, we can see how <br> important dogs are in our culture -- and our language.
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