Thursday
Feb212008
Just Another Cliche
Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 2:54PM 
You know the drill: I start the list, you add your contributions in the comments and I move it all up to the master list in the post, linking back to your blog if you’ve got one.
Ready? Let the game begin.
- Dog days of summer. You knew I’d start with this one, didn’t you?
- Let sleeping dogs lie.
- Kim of Hireath: Like a dog with a bone.
- Every dog has his day.
- You don’t need to act like I shot your dog.
- That dog won’t hunt.
- Pam of a rustling of leaves…: In the dog house.
- It’s a dog eat dog world out there!
- My dogs are barking. (sore feet)
- Let sleeping dogs lie.
- Dog tired.
- threegirldad: I [don’t] gotta dog in this fight.
- A barking dog doesn’t bite. (Spanish proverb) (Also mentioned by Kim in ON)
- Love me, love my dog.
- A dog is a man’s best friend.
- The tail wagging the dog.
- He/She works like a dog.
- Walk the dog. (a yo-yo trick)
- “A dog has the soul of a philosoper.” — Plato
- Proverbs 26:11 (I linked the verse so you can check it out for yourself.)
- Dorothy: You can teach an old dog new tricks.
- It’s raining cats and dogs from Scott Gilbreath, who says he hasn’t heard this cliche since moving from Vancouver to Whitehorse. (I know from experience that the only time it rains cats and dogs in Whitehorse is right after you’ve told your visiting relatives that it never pours here like it does back in Minnesota.)
- Rey adds two that he says have been used on him: Your bark is worse than your bite and
- Your mouth smells like dog breath.
- From Leslie: Like a bird dog on point. “That’s what we say,” she explains, “when someone makes a keen observation.”
- Happiness is a warm puppy.~ Charles Shulz, which Leslie admits isn’t a cliche, but just the thought of holding a puppy made her smile, so she had to share it.
- Well, as long as we’re thinking about puppies, how about puppy love?
- Thank goodness threegirldad returned to save us from our puppy mushiness with barking up the wrong tree and
- Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas. (Italian proverb)
- Also from threegirldad, a dog quote: Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. — commonly attributed to Groucho Marx
- Karen adds a slightly different version of threegirldad’s Italian proverb: Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.
- Also from Karen: That kid runs like a scalded dog and
- You lie like a dog.
- A few more from Dorothy: The dog ate my homework,
- Sick as a dog,
- Once in a dog’s age, and
- Treated like a dog, which she says is “something our daughter thinks is a good thing—because at our house, it is!”
- From Rose and Janna at almost exactly the same time: Three dog night.
- Kim of Hiraeth has a whole list of Doggie Quotes and Proverbs at her blog.
- From Kim in On: Looks like the dog’s breakfast.
- Mummymac says that in Northern Ireland they say something looks like the dog’s dinner.
- Another from Kim of Hiraeth: The hair of the dog that bit ya.
Reader Comments (22)
How about "like a dog with a bone"
Every dog has his day
I know there are others. . .
and this:
You don't need to act like I shot your dog.
That dog won't hunt.
In the dog house!
It's a dog eat dog world out there!
My dogs are barking! (sore feet)
Let sleeping dogs lie!
Dog tired!!!!
Oh this is fun ... My Dogs have a suggestion Rebecca over at my blog for you ...
I [don't] gotta dog in this fight.
A barking dog doesn't bite. (Spanish proverb)
Love me, love my dog.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Every dog has its day.
The tail wagging the dog
He/She works like a dog.
Walk the dog (a yo-yo trick)
"A dog has the soul of a philosoper." -- Plato
Proverbs 26:11
[forehead slap]
Sorry for repeating one that "Kim from Hiraeth" had already posted.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Sorry for repeating one that "Kim from Hiraeth" had already posted.
It's a good thing you mentioned it. I hadn't noticed it either. There are just too many to keep track. :)
It's raining cats and dogs. (That's a saying I haven't heard since moving from Vancouver to Whitehorse.)
Not sure it applies to dogs since they've been used on me: "His bark is worst than his bite" and "Your mouth smells like dog breath."
"Like a bird dog on point." That's what we say when someone makes a keen observation. I say that, or I point to my nose.
"Happiness is a warm puppy." ~ Charles Shulz
(It's not a cliche, but just the thought of holding a puppy made me smile and I had to share it).
Hurray for the Charles Schulz quote! I can't believe I didn't think to post it earlier.
It's not a cliche...
A couple of my previous submissions were a bit of a stretch in that regard. Ah, well...
Barking up the wrong tree
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas. (Italian proverb)
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -- commonly attributed to Groucho Marx
"Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas"
"That kid runs like a scalded dog"
"You lie like a dog"
(these are just off the top of my head - ones I've used and heard growing up.) This was fun to read!
How about "A barking dog never bites."
Here's a couple more:
The dog ate my homework.
Sick as a dog
Once in a dog's age
Treated like a dog (something our daughter thinks is a good thing--because at our house, it is!)
three dog night
Three Dog Night - not the band
Since we've included some quotes and proverbs, here is a list of some funny quotes.
Doggie Quotes and Proverbs
My favorite? "In dog years, I'm dead." --Unknown
Has anyone mentioned the one that says that something lookes "Like the dog's breakfast?"
Has anyone mentioned the one that says that something lookes "Like the dog's breakfast?"
No, and funny you should mention it. At choir practice last night the director said something we sang sounded like the cat's breakfast.
We tend to say looks like a dogs dinner.