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- 17-Feb-2008, 11:40 #1
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dog in the mangerish what is the meaning of this idiom/metaphor/saying?
would appreciate any help.
- 17-Feb-2008, 11:44 #2
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Re: dog in the mangerish Dog in the manger (UK) If someone acts like a dog in the manger, they don't want other people to have or enjoy things that are useless to them.So the person is refusing to share something with others.
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- 18-Feb-2008, 10:00 #3
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Teacher Re: dog in the mangerish The original dog in the manger was a character in a fable - a dog who insisted on sleeping in a manger and not letting the animals eat from it (see the full story here: The Dog in the Manger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). The usual expression is just 'Don't be [such] a dog in the manger' - adding the adjective suffix strikes me as a bit odd. Maybe it's characteristic of some other dialect than mine.
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