dog meat

dog meat

slang The target of forthcoming violence or ill-will. This phrase is usually issued as a threat. I heard it was you who slashed my tires—you're dog meat! If my brother catches us messing with his stuff, we'll be dog meat!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dog meat

n. a dead person. (Typically in a threat.) Make one move, and you’re dog meat.
See also: dog, meat
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • be dead meat
  • dead meat
  • no cigar
  • (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
  • get thee behind me
  • a penny for them
  • not tonight, Josephine
  • great minds
  • great minds think alike
  • no wukkas
References in periodicals archive
NEWPORT will ask the UK Government to support calls to end an "abhorrent" dog meat festival held in a Chinese autonomous region once twinned with the city.
ACTRESS Kim Basinger joined dozens of people protesting against the consumption of dog meat in South Korea yesterday.
The festival, known as Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, started on June 21 to celebrate the summer solstice.
Danilo Gallardo was apprehended for allegedly engaging in the illegal dog meat trade, according to operatives of the CIDG-Nueva Ecija who conducted the raid with the Animal Kingdom Foundation, a non-government organization which advocates for the rights and protection of animals.
A man who allegedly butchers dogs and engages in the illegal dog meat trade was arrested in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija.
What people need to understand is that China is divided between the majority of people, who have turned away from the dog meat trade and who increasingly want to keep dogs as pets, and a small amount of people in the older generation who still believe it [eating dog meat] has health benefits.
Latelle doesn't know if Ellen will have lingering medical problems or trauma from a life spent in a dog meat farm in South Korea with no veterinary care and apparently no grooming.
If an indigene is given dog meat and he doesn't know that it is dog meat, the meat would be falling off his hands.
"Like most major festivals, food is central to celebrations and this area has more than 100 dog meat restaurants.
Strict action must be taken against the restaurant owners serving dog meat.
"In summer 2017, I visited animal sanctuary in Los Angeles belonging to the Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation, a charity which predominantly rescues dogs from the dog meat trade.
The state assemblyman also appeared unaware of the fact that South Korea had recently closed down its main dog slaughterhouse as the demand for dog meat is dwindling.
Dogs in Egypt - Photo courtesy of ESMA organization's Facebook page CAIRO - 3 December 2018: South Korea has never imported dogs as food, and implying that dog meat is widespread in the country reveals "flagrant ignorance" of its culture, according to a Monday statement by the embassy of the Republic of Korea in Cairo.
Analysts at Realmeter say there seems to be a gradual change in South Koreans' perception over dog meat, as 51.5 percent opposed the outlawing of dog slaughter, compared with 39.7 percent voicing the opposite view, in a similar poll conducted in June this year.
BY MARK JEFFERIES Showbiz Editor SIMON Cowell has pledged [euro]28,000 of his fortune to help close a dog meat farm in South Korea.