a living dog is better than a dead lion.
1a live dog is better than a dead lion — With allusion to ECCLESIASTES ix. 4 (AV) To him that is joined to all the living, there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. c 1390 in Minor Poems of Vernon MS (EETS) 534 Better is a quick [living] and an hol hounde Then a ded… …
2Dog — For other uses, see Dog (disambiguation). Domestic dog Temporal range: 0.015–0 Ma …
3dog — dogless, adj. doglike, adj. /dawg, dog/, n., v., dogged, dogging. n. 1. a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties. 2. any carnivore of the dogfamily Canidae, having prominent canine teeth and, in the wild state, a long and… …
4Afterlife — For other uses, see Afterlife (disambiguation). After death , Life after death , and Hereafter redirect here. For other uses, see After death (disambiguation), Life after death (disambiguation), and Hereafter (disambiguation). Ancient Egyptian… …
5death — /deth/, n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Cf. brain death. 2. an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death. 3. the state of being …
6Soul sleep — In Christian theology, soul sleep is a belief that the soul sleeps unconsciously between the death of the body and its resurrection on Judgment Day. Soul sleep is also known as psychopannychism (from Greek psyche (soul, mind) + pannuchizein (to… …
7Ecclesiastes 9 — 1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is …
8life — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fact of existence Nouns 1. life, vitality, existence, being, living, animation, this mortal coil; vital force, flame, or spark, biorhythm; respiration, breath [of life], lifeblood, life force,… …
9a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — Meaning It s better to have something small and reliable than something big and risky. Origin The same sentiment comes from the Bible, Old Testament, Ecclesiastes ix A living dog is better than a dead lion …
10aph|o|rism — «AF uh rihz uhm», noun. 1. a short sentence expressing a general truth, piece of practical wisdom, or the like; maxim; proverb. Example: “A living dog is better than a dead lion.” SYNONYM(S): adage, saw, apothegm. 2. a concise statement of a… …
