- dog's bark
- sound a dog makes
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
dog's bark
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why keep a dog and bark yourself? — 1583 B. MELBANCKE Philotimus 119 It is smal reason you should kepe a dog, and barke your selfe. 1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 81 What? keep a dog and bark my self. That is, must I keep servants, and do my work my self. 1738 SWIFT Polite… … Proverbs new dictionary
why keep a dog and bark yourself? — ► why keep a dog and bark yourself? proverb why pay someone to work for you and then do the work yourself? Main Entry: ↑dog … English terms dictionary
why keep a dog and bark yourself — This expression means that if someone or something can do a task for you, there s no reason to do it yourself. My grandmother has an electric mixer but she continues to make her cakes by hand. Why keep a dog and bark yourself? … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
why keep a dog and bark yourself? — This expression means that if someone or something can do a task for you, there s no reason to do it yourself. My grandmother has an electric mixer but she continues to make her cakes by hand. Why keep a dog and bark yourself? … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Why keep a dog and bark yourself? — British & Australian something that you say which means there is no purpose in doing something yourself when there is someone else who will do it for you. Just leave the glasses on the table the bar staff will collect them. After all, why keep a… … New idioms dictionary
why keep a dog and bark yourself? — There s no need to do something yourself when you have somebody to do it for you, usually trivial matters … The small dictionary of idiomes
you do not get a dog and bark yourself — (UK) If there is someone in a lower position who can or should do a task, then you shouldn t do it … The small dictionary of idiomes
why keep a dog and bark yourself? — why keep a ˌdog and bark yourˈself? idiom (informal, saying) if sb can do a task for you, there is no point in doing it yourself Main entry: ↑dogidiom … Useful english dictionary
bark´less — bark 1 «bahrk», noun, verb. –noun. 1. the tough, outside covering of the trunk, branches, and roots of trees and shrubs. 2. = tanbark (def. 1). (Cf. ↑tanbark) 3. cinchona; Peruvian bark. –transitive verb … Useful english dictionary
dog — ► NOUN 1) a domesticated carnivorous mammal with a barking or howling voice and an acute sense of smell. 2) a wild animal resembling this, in particular any member of the dog family (Canidae), which includes the wolf, fox, coyote, jackal, and… … English terms dictionary
