It's a dog's life

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It's a dog's life.

something that you say which means that life is hard and unpleasant I've got to go to the supermarket, then cook a meal, then pick Dave up from the station - it's a dog's life!

See also: life

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I've heard all the preachers and all the prime ministers--for I'm a thinking man and game for politics or religion or social reform same as all the other amusements--and I tell you it's a dog's life anyway you look at it. Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard View in context More results

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