dog

dog
I 1. [dɒg] [AE dɔːg]
nome
1) zool. cane m.; (female) cagna f.
2) (male fox, wolf, etc.) maschio m.
3) colloq. (person)

you lucky dog! — che culo! che fondello!

2.
nome plurale dogs BE colloq.

the dogs — le corse dei cani

••

it's dog eat dog — mors tua vita mea

every dog has its day — per tutti arriva il momento giusto, ognuno ha il suo momento di gloria

give a dog a bad name (and hang him) — prov. = nulla è più dannoso della calunnia

love me, love my dog — bisogna prendermi come sono

to go and see a man about a dog — eufem. scherz. (relieve oneself) = andare in bagno; (go on unspecified business) = avere un affare urgente da sbrigare

they don't have a dog's chance — non hanno la benché minima possibilità (di successo)

it's a dog's life — è una vita da cani

to go to the dogs — colloq. andare in malora o rovina

it's a real dog's breakfast! — colloq. è un vero casino o pasticcio!

II [dɒg] [AE dɔːg]
verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -gg-)
1) (follow) seguire, pedinare [person]

to dog sb.'s footsteps — essere sulle orme di qcn

2) (plague)

to be dogged by misfortune — essere perseguitato dalla sfortuna

* * *
[doɡ] 1. noun
(a domestic, meat-eating animal related to the wolf and fox.) cane, cagna
2. adjective
((usually of members of the dog family) male: a dog-fox.) maschio
3. verb
(to follow closely as a dog does: She dogged his footsteps.) seguire, pedinare
- doggedly
- doggedness
- dog-biscuit
- dog collar
- dog-eared
- dog-tired
- a dog's life
- go to the dogs
- in the doghouse
- not a dog's chance
* * *
I 1. [dɒg] [AE dɔːg]
nome
1) zool. cane m.; (female) cagna f.
2) (male fox, wolf, etc.) maschio m.
3) colloq. (person)

you lucky dog! — che culo! che fondello!

2.
nome plurale dogs BE colloq.

the dogs — le corse dei cani

••

it's dog eat dog — mors tua vita mea

every dog has its day — per tutti arriva il momento giusto, ognuno ha il suo momento di gloria

give a dog a bad name (and hang him) — prov. = nulla è più dannoso della calunnia

love me, love my dog — bisogna prendermi come sono

to go and see a man about a dog — eufem. scherz. (relieve oneself) = andare in bagno; (go on unspecified business) = avere un affare urgente da sbrigare

they don't have a dog's chance — non hanno la benché minima possibilità (di successo)

it's a dog's life — è una vita da cani

to go to the dogs — colloq. andare in malora o rovina

it's a real dog's breakfast! — colloq. è un vero casino o pasticcio!

II [dɒg] [AE dɔːg]
verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -gg-)
1) (follow) seguire, pedinare [person]

to dog sb.'s footsteps — essere sulle orme di qcn

2) (plague)

to be dogged by misfortune — essere perseguitato dalla sfortuna


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