shouldn't happen to a dog
(something) shouldn't happen to a dog
Something is so heinous or terrible that no creature should ever have to experience it. A brutal attack like that shouldn't happen to a dog. The politician reveals many personal tragedies in her autobiography, awful things that shouldn't happen to a dog.
See also: dog, happen
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
shouldn't happen to a dog
Fig. an expression of something that is so bad that no creature deserves it. Poor guy. That shouldn't happen to a dog. This cold I got shouldn't happen to a dog.
See also: dog, happen
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- shouldn
- shouldn’t happen to a dog
- (something) shouldn't happen to a dog
- heinous
- whale into
- whale into (someone or something)
- whale into someone/something
- whaling
- whale away
- whale away at (someone or something)