A DOG

  

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A DOG

Modern Translation: A DOG

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), (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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