junkyard

Related to junkyard: 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

junkyard dog

An especially nasty, vicious, or savage person or animal (especially a dog). Of a person, often used in the phrase "meaner than a junkyard dog." Though he's always polite when he's in public, Tim's husband is meaner than a junkyard dog behind closed doors. That standard poodle may look cute and fluffy, but it's a junkyard dog, you can be sure about that.
See also: dog, junkyard

meaner than a junkyard dog

Exceptionally cruel, spiteful, malicious, or violent. Her dad is usually a pretty nice, chilled out guy, but he's gets meaner than a junkyard dog when he's been drinking. Don't go messing with that guy! He's meaner than a junkyard dog—he'll rip your head off just for looking at him funny!
See also: dog, junkyard
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

meaner than a junkyard dog (with fourteen sucking pups)

Rur. cruel; eager to fight. Don't mess with her. She's meaner than a junkyard dog with fourteen sucking pups. They say Jim's meaner than a junkyard dog, but really, he's a sweetheart.
See also: dog, junkyard
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (as) mean as a junkyard dog
  • 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
References in periodicals archive
Sophie Houghton, National PR and Events Manager for Junkyard Golf Club said: "The scene in Liverpool has been rapidly growing and now we're so excited for Junkyard Golf Club to finally be a part of it.
Junkyard includes three nine-hole golf courses created with the craziest reclaimed junk.
Following the musical nights, The Junkyard cafe will also bring chillers with scariest Halloween night.
The fire was put out despite significant challenges posed by the junkyard's condition.
As the trail camera photo shows, Junkyard had been big in 2015, at age 3 1/2--but the next year he put on way more antler, despite an injured leg.
Also starting on Saturday and running throughout all festival dates will be the junkyard free rickshaw taxi service and gourmet ' strive thro ' food pop up.
The idea of upcycling first came to Haddad during the summer of 2014 when he launched a pop up concept in the same spot which now houses Junkyard. Not wanting to invest too much financially into a concept that was only meant to be operational for a few months, Haddad chose instead to reuse and upcycle, furnishing the open air outlet with tables and chairs from his old restaurants which had closed down and re-using common household and junk items in creative ways for the decor.
JEDDAH: A massive blaze with plumes of black smoke engulfed the Tashlih ( car junkyard) in the Briman area of the city, giving the firefighters a tough time, on Saturday.
Following nine weeks of refurbishment, The Junkyard has opened at 38 Dean Street - offering a unique mix of photographic studio, hair salon and exhibition space under the same 18th Century roof.
The public are also invited to visit and browse The Junkyard's first photography exhibition, which features Kayla's own work under the title Chromosome 21 Defying Prejudice.
After the surprise success in 2012 of pop-up restaurant Junkyard, the weird and wonderful bar and eatery is back, this time for good.Initially a short-term plan to use the land leased by restaurateur Mario Jr.
And in that his new book is called Junkyard Planet, it's an indication that he has an excuse.
From the posh Los Angeles offices of a trash czar who made his fortune selling American scraps overseas to a Chinese village whose sole industry is extracting wire from Christmas lights, Minter, raised amid his own family's junkyard business, reveals a $500 billion economy built on wringing every last cent--or yuan--from the rich world's refuse.
Dope Junkyard fills that void by only offering truly eclectic & unique merchandise.
Sunday People Sport's Bernie Friend delivers his Scrapheap Challenge verdict on whether they've still got a few miles left in the tank, or are only fit for the junkyard: