(as) mean as a junkyard dog
(as) mean as a junkyard dog
Exceptionally cruel, spiteful, malicious, or violent. Her dad is usually a pretty nice, chilled out guy, but he's gets as mean a junkyard dog when he's been drinking. Don't go messing with that guy! He's mean as a junkyard dog—he'll rip your head off just for looking at him funny!
See also: dog, junkyard, mean
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- junkyard
- meaner than a junkyard dog
- if (one) is a day
- if he is a day
- if he's, she's, etc. a day
- rattle off
- be going great guns
- French leave
- case
- if one’s a day