dog eat dog
Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitiveRuthlessly acquisitive or competitive; of a business or other set of circumstances, trying to succeed at the expense of other people.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, informal, not comparable)Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive; of a business or other set of circumstances, trying to succeed at the expense of other people.
dog-eat-dog world
In this company it's dog eat dog. If you don't do better than the rest, you're on the street in next to no time.
Examples
76 sentencesIt's a dog eat dog world out there.
Цей світ безпощадний. — deniko
I have a black dog and a white dog.
В мене є чорний та білий собака. — rmdas
ruУ меня есть чёрная собака и белая. — marafon
My neighbor's dog won't eat dry dog food.
Сусідський собака не їсть суху їжу для собак. — deniko
deDer Hund meines Nachbarn will kein Trockenfutter fressen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It's a dog-eat-dog world.
Why won't my dog eat dog food?
ruПочему моя собака не ест собачий корм? — Biga
deWarum frisst mein Hund kein Hundefutter? — Esperantostern
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From dog + eat + dog. Derived from Latin canis caninam non est (“a dog does not eat the flFrom dog + eat + dog. Derived from Latin canis caninam non est (“a dog does not eat the flesh of a dog”).
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