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dog-eat-dog

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dog-eat-dog (dôgt-dôg, dgt-dg)
adj.
Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive: a dog-eat-dog society.


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Hosted by Lynn Sherr, ``The Best of Nature'' opens with a series of its most memorable scenes reminding us just how unforgivingly dog-eat-dog (or, crocodile-eat-gazelle, or 7/8 well, you get the idea) life in the wild can be, as we see animals and insects from across the globe in life-and-death battles with their natural predators.
The dynamics of the dog-eat-dog world of popular cinema, even in its infancy, make for a page-turning read steeped in the senses of yesteryear.
What we're seeing in health is symptomatic of the insidious Americanisation of Australian society: dog-eat-dog industrial relations laws, American minimum wages, American university fees and now a two-tiered, user-pays, star-spangled health system.
 
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