dog-eat-dog
101dog in the manger — Meaning Spiteful and mean spirited. Origin Like the proverbial dog who slept in a manger not because he wanted to eat the hay there but to prevent the other animals from doing so …
102eat\ one's\ heart\ out — v. phr. To grieve long and hopelessly; to become thin and weak from sorrow. For months after her husband s death, Joanne simply ate her heart out. We sometimes hear of a dog eating its heart out for a dead owner …
103dog-eat-dog — Synonyms and related words: bowelless, cruel, flinty, hard, harsh, heartless, inclement, inexorable, merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, unfeeling, unforgiving, unmerciful, unpitiful, unpitying …
104dog-eat-dog — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ruthless, competitive, vicious, brutal; see cruel 1 , 2 , ruthless 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. vicious, voracious, brutal, aggressive, competitive, cutthroat, ruthless, brother against brother. ANT.:… …
105dog eat dog — ruthlessly competitive, marked by ruthless self interest …
106dog-eat-dog world — world full of competition …
107dog-eat-dog — /ˌdɒg i:t dɒg/ noun marketing activity where everyone fights for their own product and attacks competitors mercilessly (informal) …
108eat one's own dog food — verb a) To test the beta programs that are in the test phase on ones own computers; to dogfood. b) To use or consume the economic goods or services that oneself is producing; to be part of a …
109eat(ing) your own dog food — v. phrase When your company starts using its own products internally and suddenly realizes why the rest of the world hates them so much …
110The Dog in the Manger — The story and metaphor of The Dog in the Manger derives from an old Greek fable which has been transmitted in several different versions. Interpreted variously over the centuries, it is used now of those who spitefully prevent others from having… …
