A friend had a little golden retriever
The first time I saw it, I was really attracted by its humble appearance
At this time, a friend suddenly came to say: yellow dog
The spoken jun hugged him and raised his face:
hum! It's not a coward!
Annoyed the little friend in a daze
("Obviously my dog"... Ask a friend to shadow area in the heart)
Yellow dog is not yellow dog
yellow dog
Despicable people; cowards; villains
In English, the word "yellow" mostly means "timid, cowardly".
And yollow dog has an extended meaning in slang, referring to "despicable people, cowards, villains". Just as the lucky dog refers to the lucky person, the dog refers to the person, not the dog.
you are a yellow dog!
You are a despicable villain!
i dislike mike for he is a yellow dog.
I hate Mike because he's a mean and shameless villain.
Whether it is the meaning of slang or not, depending on the context,
Sometimes it does mean "yellow dog"
she has a yellow dog.
She has a yellow dog.
it's a yellow dog.
It is a yellow dog.
Dog days are not "dog days"
According to roman astronomers in the 16th century, sirius always rises and sets with the sun during the hottest weeks of each year, and Sirius's nickname is the dog star.
In Latin, the root "can" for dogs is used to mean Sirius "canicular" .
So this period of extreme heat is called diies caniculars (Sirius days), written in English as canicular days, folk use a more popular term, that is, dog days.
these are the dog days; watermelons are just in season.
It's three days, watermelon is just ordered.
dog eat dog is not "dog bites dog"
Dog eat dog is easily misunderstood as "dog bites dog", in fact, it is used to describe cruel and ruthless competition, with the meaning of you and me, killing each other.
with shrinking markets, it's dog-eat-dog for every company in this field.
Due to the shrinking market, every company is fighting to the death in this area.
A dog's breakfast is not a "dog's breakfast"
A dog's breakfast is a common British slang term, everyone think about the dog's dinner plate, is not often all a mess? It's the same thing we often call messy like a pig's nest.
In English, a dog's breakfast is a phrase that is more lifelike than miss and can convey the same meaning.
he makes a real dog's breakfast.
He made a mess of things.
your bedroom looks like a dog's breakfast. clean it up!
Your house is a mess like a pig's nest, don't hurry up and clean it up!
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