dogsbody (redirected from dogsbodying)

dogs·bod·y  (dôgzbd, dgz-)

n.

pl. dogs·bod·ies Chiefly British Slang One who does menial work; a drudge.

---

[British slang, naval rations (obsolete), midshipman.]

---

dogsbody [ˈdɒgzˌbɒdɪ]

n pl -bodies

Informal a person who carries out menial tasks for others; drudge

vb -bodies, -bodying, -bodied

(intr) to act as a dogsbody

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dogsbody - a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do prole, proletarian, worker - a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"

---

dogsbody

noun (Informal) drudge, slave, menial, skivvy (chiefly Brit.), general factotum, maid or man of all work I turned out to be a general dogsbody.

Translations

dogsbody [ˈdɒgzbɒdɪ] N (Brit) → burro m de carga
to be the general dogsbody → ser el burro de carga de todo el mundo

dogsbody [ˈdɒgzbɒdi] n (British) → bonne f à tout faire
dog tag n (US) [soldier, pilot] → plaque f d'identification
dog-tired dog tired [ˌdɒgˈtaɪə^rd] adj (= exhausted) → crevé(e) >

dogsbody

n (Brit) she’s/he’s the general dogsbody → sie/er ist (das) Mädchen für alles

dogsbody [ˈdɒgzˌbɒdɪ] n (Brit) (fam) → tirapiedi m/f inv

---

dogsbody [ˈdɒgzˌbɒdɪ] n (Brit) (fam) → tirapiedi m/f inv