Idioms involving dogs?

"I wouldn't feed it to a dog"

"You can't teach an old dog dog new tricks"

"Throw em' to the dogs"

"Call off the dogs"

"Let sleeping dogs lie"

"Sick as a dog"

"Your barking up the wrong tree"

"Every dog has it's day"

"Fighting like cats and dogs"

"Gone to the dogs"

Um. Where I come from the saying ``I`ve got to see a man about a dog`` means - make a business transaction, or discreet inquiry which you do not wish to disclose. Its an excuse to go off and do something without explaining your whereabouts. Of course, I guess for some, that could include urination :-)

Other sayings:

Take the dog hunting......Means - PTS (ie take it out and shoot it)

Dog days of summer .....means lazy, hot days when dogs are usually lying about

Straw Dog....................a mock up of assumptions that formulates a hypothesis, to be disproved or debated - used in business

Diamond Dog..............a reference to the dog owned by Sir Isaac Newton...also a David Bowie record

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_%28dog%29

Was Jesus simply "chasing his own tail" when HE decided not to become involved in politics??? Certainly he, who you've already stated you believe was God in the flesh, could've been the perfect leader, yet he refused the position. Why didn't he tell the Apostles to become involved with the Governments?? I've never said Everyone in politics is corrupt Because they aren't Witnesses. Firstly, NO ONE is perfect, secondly, a worldly expression I've heard before is, How do you know when a politician is lying?? When his mouth is moving. The very arena of politics begs for dishonesty.

Let sleeping dogs lie: to not talk about things which have caused problems in the past, or to not try to change a situation because you might cause problems

Bark at the moon: to protest in vain

a dog and pony show: a show or other event that has been organized in order to get people's support or to persuade them to buy something

It's a dog-eat-dog world.

It's a dog's life.

It shouldn't happen to a dog.

That dog won't hunt.

I don't have a dog in that fight.

Raining cats and dogs.

Puppy love.

Dog-tired.

Man-bites-dog story.

Every dog has its day

My dogs are barking (sore feet)