Meaning

1 senses
  1. (UK, idiomatic, plural, plural only)Everybody; too many people; a huge crowd.

    I'd love to go to the Harry Potter opening, but the whole world and his dog will be there and I don't like crowds

Examples

2733 sentences
  1. One of the dogs is alive.

    Один із собак живий. — deniko

    ruОдна из собак жива. — marafon

    deEiner der Hunde lebt. — Tamy

  2. The girl is afraid of dogs.

    Дівчинка боїться собак. — deniko

    ruДевочка боится собак. — timsa

    deDas Mädchen hat Angst vor Hunden. — Wolf

  3. The dog seems to be sick.

    Собака, здається, хворий. — deniko

    ruСобака, похоже, больна. — marafon

    deDer Hund scheint krank zu sein. — Esperantostern

  4. The dog didn't eat the meat.

    Собака не з'їв м'яса. — aandrusiak

    ruСобака не ела это мясо. — Arkadeko

    deDer Hund fraß das Fleisch nicht. — Esperantostern

  5. The dog came running to her.

    Собака підбіг до неї. — uaspeaker

    ruСобака подбежала к ней. — Hellerick

Forms

plural: the whole world and his dogs

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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