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Definition of dog in the manger in English: dog in the mangernoun ˌdɒɡ ɪn ðə ˈmeɪndʒəˌdɔɡ ɪn ðə ˈmeɪndʒər A person who has no need of, or ability to use, a possession that would be of use or value to others, but who prevents others from having it. what a dog in the manger you must be! as adjective she can be so dog in the manger about updating things in the office Example sentencesExamples - As the Christian writer CS Lewis said, it would ‘make a dog in the manger a tyrant of the universe’.
- Even more worrying than Brenda's frightening new role as top dog in the manger is the news that a woman is going to be the next president of Zimbabwe.
- A closer inspection of the county council report gives a big clue as to why it was being so dog in the manger about the whole affair - the fear of being held liable for injuries.
- This objection is simply dog in the manger stuff,’ he said.
- Fixed-cost benefits and payroll taxes with ceilings are a dog-in-the-manger, making Canadian employers resistant to voluntary, individual reductions in work time.
- Still, I suppose you can't prevent progress, and I shouldn't be a dog in the manger.
- No sooner had the Finance Minister announced the decentralisation plan in his latest Budget than the begrudgers in Dublin were adopting a dog-in-the-manger attitude.
- However, the ECB has maintained its dog-in-the-manger stance on inflation currently 0.2% above the official target rate of 0.2%.
- The only way to do it is to evict the dog in the manger and put a person there who has the confidence of the majority rather than just his brothers, cousins and business friends.
Synonyms shrew, curmudgeon, discontent, complainer, grumbler, moaner, fault-finder, carper
OriginLate 16th century: alluding to the fable of the dog that lay in a manger to prevent the ox and horse from eating the hay. Definition of dog in the manger in US English: dog in the mangernounˌdôɡ in T͟Hə ˈmānjərˌdɔɡ ɪn ðə ˈmeɪndʒər A person who has no need of, or ability to use, a possession that would be of use or value to others, but who prevents others from having it. what a dog in the manger you must be! as adjective she can be so dog in the manger about updating things in the office Example sentencesExamples - As the Christian writer CS Lewis said, it would ‘make a dog in the manger a tyrant of the universe’.
- The only way to do it is to evict the dog in the manger and put a person there who has the confidence of the majority rather than just his brothers, cousins and business friends.
- A closer inspection of the county council report gives a big clue as to why it was being so dog in the manger about the whole affair - the fear of being held liable for injuries.
- No sooner had the Finance Minister announced the decentralisation plan in his latest Budget than the begrudgers in Dublin were adopting a dog-in-the-manger attitude.
- Fixed-cost benefits and payroll taxes with ceilings are a dog-in-the-manger, making Canadian employers resistant to voluntary, individual reductions in work time.
- However, the ECB has maintained its dog-in-the-manger stance on inflation currently 0.2% above the official target rate of 0.2%.
- Still, I suppose you can't prevent progress, and I shouldn't be a dog in the manger.
- Even more worrying than Brenda's frightening new role as top dog in the manger is the news that a woman is going to be the next president of Zimbabwe.
- This objection is simply dog in the manger stuff,’ he said.
Synonyms shrew, curmudgeon, discontent, complainer, grumbler, moaner, fault-finder, carper
OriginLate 16th century: alluding to the fable of the dog that lay in a manger to prevent the ox and horse from eating the hay. |