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Buffaloes, cats, fish, and the creatures carrying our metaphors.
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(noun) wild beast; behemoth
a cat may look at a king
Even those of low status have rights
a dog is a man's best friend
A dog is extremely loyal and beneficial to its owner
after dark
A bookmaker's clerk.
ark ruffians
Rogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, &c. A species of badger. CANT.
at large
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
babes in the wood
Criminals in the stocks, or pillory.
back up
His back is up, i.e. he is offended or angry; an expression or idea taken from a cat; that animal, when angry, always raising its back. An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man; as, So, Sir, I see somebody has offended you, for your back is up.
bad egg
A scoundrel or rascal.
barking irons
Pistols, from their explosion resembling the bow-wow or barking of a dog. IRISH.
bear with
to be patient with someone or something
beast with two backs
A couple engaged in intimate physical activity
beef bayonet
The penis.
big as bull-beef
Very big.
bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
birds and bees
Human reproduction and sex
bleating rig
Sheep stealing. Cant.
bufe nabber
A dog stealer. CANT.
bull calf
A great hulkey or clumsy fellow. See HULKEY.
bull's feather
A horn: he wears the bull's feather; he is a cuckold.
butcher's dog
To be like a butcher's dog, i.e. lie by the beef without touching it; a simile often applicable to married men.
butcher's horse
That must have been a butcher's horse, by his carrying a calf so well; a vulgar joke on an awkward rider.
canary bird
A jailbird.
cat got someone's tongue
Unable to speak due to nervousness or surprise
cat piss
something of very poor quality
cat's foot
To live under the cat's foot; to be under the dominion of a wife hen-pecked. To live like dog and cat; spoken of married persons who live unhappily together. As many lives as a cat; cats, according to vulgar naturalists, have nine lives, that is one less than a woman. No more chance than a cat in hell without claws; said of one who enters into a dispute or quarrel with one greatly above his match.
cat's meow
Something or someone excellent or wonderful
cats and dogs
It is said to rain cats and dogs when a shower is exceptionally heavy. Probably in ridicule of the remarkable showers which used to find their way into the papers during the "silly season."
cattle call
An audition where many people are seen briefly
cherry-coloured cat
A black cat, there being black cherries as well as red.
cheshire cat
He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of anyone who shews his teeth and gums in laughing.
chicken liver
A coward.
choke off
to stop or suppress something
cock and bull story
A long, rambling anecdote.—See Peroration to Tristram Shandy.
cold meat cart
A hearse.
colt's tooth
An old fellow who marries or keeps a young girl, is said to have a colt's tooth in his head.
cooped up
Imprisoned, confined like a fowl in a coop.
coyote ugly
Very ugly.
cramp rings
Bolts, shackles, or fetters. CANT.
creature comfort
Things that bring physical comfort and pleasure
creature feature
a movie featuring monsters or supernatural creatures
cup of the creature
A cup of good liquor.
cái con khỉ
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cái, con, khỉ.
ding boy
A rogue, a hector, a bully, or sharper. CANT.
dog and cat
people who do not get along
dog around
to waste time or be lazy
dog bone
a bone that is given to a dog to chew on and play with, similar to a dog biscuit. They can be real bones, or they can be made of other materials like plastic or leather
dog buffers
Dog stealers, who kill those dogs not advertised for, sell their skins, and feed the remaining dogs with their flesh.
dog cheap
Or DOG-FOOLISH, very or singularly cheap, or foolish. Latham, in his English Language, says:—"This has nothing to do with dogs. The first syllable is god = good, transposed, and the second, the ch‑‑p, is chapman, merchant: compare EASTCHEAP."—Old term.
dog gone
A form of mild swearing used by boys.
dog in the hunt
Having a personal stake or interest in a situation
dog in the manger
Someone who prevents others from having something they themselves do not want.
dog latin
Barbarous Latin, such as was formerly used by the lawyers in their pleadings.
dog my cats
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
dog vane
A cockade. SEA TERM.
dog's life
a life of hardship and misery
dog's portion
A lick and a smell. He comes in for only a dog's portion; a saying of one who is a distant admirer or dangler after women. See DANGLER.
dogs bark, cats meow
People often do what is typical of them
Dogs wags their tails, not as much to you as to your bread. (Strauss, 1994 p. 710)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.