| 词组 | it's a dog's life |
| 释义 | it's a dog's lifeLife is difficult, unpleasant, or boring. You whipper-snappers think you've got a bright future ahead of you, but it's a dog's life, I tell you! dog's lifeA miserably unhappy existence, as in He's been leading a dog's life since his wife left him. This expression was first recorded in a 16th-century manuscript and alludes to the miserable subservient existence of dogs during this era. By the 1660s there was a proverb: "It's a dog's life, hunger and ease." it's a dog's lifePeople say it's a dog's life to mean that life is difficult and unpleasant. It's a dog's life being a football manager. |
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