dog's life

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dog's life

n. Slang
A miserably unhappy existence.
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I am afraid I led that boy a dog's life, for as he was new to the work, I had a hundred opportunities of setting him right and putting him down, and I was not slow to profit by them.
Honestly, it is but a dog's life, that of the short-story writer.
Oh, well, this dog's life isn't happy enough to waste any joy in grieving for him."
Whenever I am with them they ask me riddles like that, and I simply lead a dog's life. Oh, my dear, relations are like drugs,--useful sometimes, and even pleasant, if taken in small quantities and seldom, but dreadfully pernicious on the whole, and the truly wise avoid them."
It was the steam -- the steam -- that was going down; and what between the firemen going faint and the chief going silly, it was worse than a dog's life for him; he didn't care a tinker's curse how soon the whole show was blown out of the water.
I've heard all the preachers and all the prime ministers--for I'm a thinking man and game for politics or religion or social reform same as all the other amusements--and I tell you it's a dog's life anyway you look at it.
"I hope the video can raise a little bit of awareness, if it saves one dog's life then I will be happy."
It was a dog's life for theatre bosses when it came to choosing a winning pooch to star as Toto in The Wizard of Oz.
Children ages 5-8 will learn about this endearing sled dog's life in the Alaskan bush and her journey of discovery after she arrives in Washington.
IT'S A DOG'S LIFE Anne Marie Murphy with Alfie in Dublin yesterday
However, as he shows us his daily life, we find that a dog's life is not all sleep, eat and play, but includes humans, bunnies, and drag racing a very tiring life indeed!
But with the help of vets at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the pup can now run and live a normal dog's life. They designed a custom-made wheelie vest created by a company who also made prosthetics for a dog born without hind feet.
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