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Quiz about Its A Dogs Life  Idiomatically Speaking
Quiz about Its A Dogs Life  Idiomatically Speaking

It's A Dog's Life - Idiomatically Speaking Quiz


This quiz is all about the idiomatic use of the word 'dog'! Can you finish the 'doggy' phrase by picking the right word from the multiple choices given?

A multiple-choice quiz by Engadine. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Engadine
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
123,675
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
7020
Last 3 plays: moonraker2 (10/10), Guest 75 (8/10), ncterp (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. It's ______ cats and dogs. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The _____ of the dog that bit you! Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Put on a dog and _____ show! Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The dog _____ of summer. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Why keep a dog and _____ yourself? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Like a dog with _____ tails. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Done like a dog's _____ . Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The _____ wagging the dog. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. A dog in the _____ . Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. There's _____ in the old dog yet! Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. It's ______ cats and dogs.

Answer: raining

This expression means it's raining very heavily. It is believed to come from Norse mythology, in which the dog is associated with wind and the cat with storms.
2. The _____ of the dog that bit you!

Answer: hair

Especially used by Australians the day after being out drinking and feeling hung-over. The hair of the dog that bit you intimates that if you have some more of your favourite poison (i.e., whatever you were drinking the night before) your hangover will disappear.

In the past people believed that if you were bitten by a crazy dog, the injury could be made better by putting hairs from the dog's tail on it!
3. Put on a dog and _____ show!

Answer: pony

A particularly American expression, this means to put on a good performance to impress someone. For example you may need to put on a dog and pony show for your boss to impress him (or her) or organise an event in order to get people's support or to persuade them to buy something.
4. The dog _____ of summer.

Answer: days

This expression refers to the very hot days in July and August (in the northern hemisphere). This is the time that the Dog Star, Sirius, rises in conjunction with the sun.
5. Why keep a dog and _____ yourself?

Answer: bark

In Britain and Australia particularly this expression means that there is no reason for doing something yourself when there is someone else who will do it for you, for example, just leave the beer glasses at the table, the bar staff will collect them. After all, why keep a dog and bark yourself?
6. Like a dog with _____ tails.

Answer: two

To be extremely happy is to be like a dog with two tails!
7. Done like a dog's _____ .

Answer: dinner

Particularly Australian, to be done like a dog's dinner is to be beaten in a sporting or gaming pursuit badly!
8. The _____ wagging the dog.

Answer: tail

If you describe a situation as the tail wagging the dog, you mean that the least important part of a situation has too much influence over the most important part.
9. A dog in the _____ .

Answer: manger

This expression relates to someone who keeps something that they do not really want in order to prevent anyone else from having it, like being a dog in the manger.
10. There's _____ in the old dog yet!

Answer: life

This is something that you say which means that although someone is old, they still have enough energy to do things, for example, Grandad still likes swimming and even though he may be 90 years old, there's life in the old dog yet! The phrase is used especially when the elderly person's actions are surprising. (With thanks to the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms).
Source: Author Engadine

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