5 Dog Idioms

FIVE IDIOMS USING THE WORD "DOG"

IDIOM: going to the dogs

• MEANING: becoming bad or worse
• EXAMPLE: "In this economy, many businesses are going to the dogs."

IDIOM: in the doghouse

• MEANING: in trouble (like a man kicked out of his house)
• EXAMPLE: "I stayed out late, so now I'm in the doghouse."

IDIOM: dog eat dog

• MEANING: very competitive
• EXAMPLE: "Stay out of the restaurant business; it's dog eat dog!"

IDIOM: the big dog, or the top dog

• MEANING: the most important person
• EXAMPLE: "Jeff Bezos is the top dog at Amazon."

IDIOM: crooked as a dog's hind leg 

• MEANING: extremely dishonest (dogs' back legs are bent, not straight; "crooked" here means "dishonest")
• EXAMPLE: "The former senator is in jail; he was as crooked as a dog's hind leg."

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