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| Language | Translations for "A DOG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | pojít jako pes (die like a dog). (various references) | |
French | lancer un chien contre (set a dog on), lâcher un chien contre (set a dog on), être comme le chien du jardinier (be like a dog in the manger/to). (various references) | |
German | Er ist ein Spielverderber. (He's a dog in the manger.). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שסוי (instigation, sedition, setting on a dog). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mint egy kutya (to follow sy like a dog), kutyaként követ vkit (to follow sy like a dog), gyalázatban hal meg (to die a dog's death, to die like a dog), elhagyatottan hal meg (to die a dog's death, to die like a dog), úgy hal meg (to die a dog's death, to die like a dog). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鼻口 (muzzle of a dog, nose and mouth, nostrils), 犬を構う (to tease a dog). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | びこう (beautiful port, faint light, follow, muzzle of a dog, N.B., nose and mouth, nostril, nostrils, note, provision for famine, remarks, shadow, tail, the nasal cavity, traveling incognito), いぬをかまう (to tease a dog). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay ogday.(various references) | |
Romanian | asmuţi un câine (set a dog barking), un om invidios (a dog in the manger), stârni un câine (set a dog barking), slobozi un câine asupra cuiva (set a dog at smb.), nici mie nici ţie (a dog in the manger), câinele grãdinarului (a dog in the manger). (various references) | |
Scottish | madadh (any wild animal of, dog, mussel), cù (dog). (various references) | |
Spanish | dormir como un lirón (sleep like a dog). (various references) | |
Swedish | renässans (give a dog a bad name and hang him, Renaissance). (various references) | |
Thai | ออกไปโดยไม่บอกว่าจะไปทำอะไร (see a man about a dog), ป่วยมาก ((as) sick as a dog). (various references) | |
Turkish | kütük gibi uyumak (sleep like a dog, sleep like a log), köpek gibi (canine, doggish, doglike, like a dog, slavish). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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