Why Keep a Dog and Bark Yourself? Quiz

Answer: The woman working two jobs to make ends meet

"A dog's life" is an idiomatic expression that refers to a difficult life, one often accompanied by monotony, drudgery and misfortune. A woman working two jobs and struggling to get by is very likely leading a dog's life as opposed to the carefree millionaire, the happy-go-lucky senior and the toddler.

Answer: The tech CEO demonstrating his company's new mobile app

"To eat one's own dog food" is an expression that refers to demonstrating or using something made by the company one works for, for the purpose of instruction or education. The tech CEO demonstrating his company's new app is doing just that.

Answer: The best man who woke up hungover the day after his best friend's wedding

The hair of the dog that bit you is a slang term for a hangover cure that involves drinking some of the alcohol that got you into that situation in the first place. The expression has its origins for a Medieval cure for rabies, where it was believed people bitten by rabid dogs should place a hair of the same dog under their pillow while they slept.

Answer: The man who left the table to go to the bathroom

"To go see a man about a dog" is a colloquial term to disappear without explanation or alternatively to discreetly leave a place and head to the bathroom. In Britain, it can also mean to go and get a drink, as "dog" can be used to mean "pub" in England.

Answer: Montezuma's revenge

Both "Hong Kong dog" and "Montezuma's Revenge" mean to have diarrhea, specifically by travelers to foreign lands (Hong Kong and Mexico respectively). Hong Kong dog was originally a type of tropical fever that sailors would get when they were stationed in or around Hong Kong at various points in history.

Answer: The child who forces his family to skip a roller coaster at an amusement park because he is not tall enough to ride

"The dog in the manger" is a person who prevents other people from doing things because they themselves cannot do it. The expression has its origins in an Aesop fable where a dog sat in a hayloft to prevent other animals from eating the hay because the dog could not eat it.

The child who is not tall enough to ride the roller coaster and makes his whole family skip the ride is the dog in the manger.

Answer: The husband who cheated on his wife

To be "in the doghouse" means you are in a bad position or a position of disgrace and ostracization. It is commonly used to describe husbands who anger their wives (or vice versa). The expression comes from the fact that dogs are often considered to be the "least" member of the family and to be in the doghouse means to be equal with the dog.

Answer: The woman who reminded her best friend that her husband cheated on her in the past

"To let sleeping dogs lie" means to not bring up any unpleasant information just for the sake of bringing it up. This typically refers to events that happened a long time ago and serves no useful purpose in bringing it up now. The woman who is bringing up her best friend's husband's infidelity is stirring up trouble and not letting sleeping dogs lie.

Answer: The baby who just got out of the bathtub

To be "clean as a hound's tooth" means to be spotlessly clean. The baby who just took a bath should be spotlessly clean unlike the dirty and/or sweaty people in the incorrect answer choices.

Answer: The boss who is answering the phone rather than having her receptionist do it

"To keep a dog and bark yourself" means that you hired someone for a job but then wound up doing said job yourself anyway. Typically this is at the instance at the person who did the hiring rather than incompetence or laziness on the part of the employee. The expression can also mean to solicit advice but then just ignore it and do what you wanted anyway.