dog's life

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Noun

dog 's life (plural dogs' lives)

(idiomatic) A miserable, wretched existence.
(idiomatic) A life of indolence where the individual may do as he or she pleases, just like a pampered dog.

Usage notes

Originally the term referred to the hard life of the working dog: sleeping in a damp barn, chasing rats and other intruders, living on scraps, etc. Today, however, it has in some circles acquired the completely opposite connotation indicated in sense 2.

Translations

miserable life

Danish: hundeliv n
Finnish: koiranelämä (fi)
French: vie de chien f, vie de galérien f
German: Hundeleben n
Greek: σκυλίσια ζωή (el) f (skylísia zoḯ)
Italian: vita da cani f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hundeliv n

Nynorsk: hundeliv n
Polish: pieskie życie (pl) n
Portuguese: vida de cão f
Russian: соба́чья жизнь (ru) f (sobáčʹja žiznʹ)

pampered life

Finnish: kissanpäivät (fi) pl
French: vivre comme un coq en pâte (fr)

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Dutch: ^{(please verify)} hondenleven (nl) n
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} vida de perros f
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} số chó

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