의미: bulldogs

★bull·dog〔búldɔːg│-dɔg〕 n.

1 불독

2 완강한[끈질긴] 사람

3 (Oxford, Cambridge 대학의) 학생감의 조수

4 《속어》 짧고 구경이 큰 권총

5 =BULLDOG CLIP
━ a. 불독 같은, 용맹스럽고 끈덕진
▶ the bulldog breed 영국인 《속칭》
━ vt.

1 …에게 (불독처럼) 덤벼들다, 공격하다

2 《미》 <송아지·황소의> 뿔을 누르고 목을 돌려서 쓰러뜨리다

3 《미·속어》 과대선전하다

call off the (one's) dogs 관용구

call off the dogs

tell your friends to stop harassing me Okay, I'll pay what I owe you. But call off the dogs!

gone to the dogs

not well maintained, in very poor condition My garden has gone to the dogs. It's full of dandelions and weeds.

let sleeping dogs lie

don

rain cats and dogs

rain very hard It has been raining cats and dogs all day.

raining cats and dogs

raining hard, raining heavily You need a raincoat, Dear. It's raining cats and dogs!

throw you to the dogs

let you fight alone, let you fight the bad guys Let us help you. The pimps will throw you to the dogs.

dogs

1. feet
2. see also throw my dogs on ya

throw my dogs on ya

to have a fist fight

go to the dogs

deteriorate very badly；go to ruin大大变坏；走向灭亡；堕落
The man went to the dogs after he started drinking and gambling．此人开始酗酒和赌博以后，就堕落了。

call the dogs off

Idiom(s): call the dogs off

Theme: THREATENING

to stop threatening, chasing, or hounding (a person); (literally) to order dogs away from the chase. (Informal. Note the variations in the examples.)
• All right, I surrender. You can call your dogs off.
• Tell the sheriff to call off the dogs. We caught the robber.
• Please call off your dogs!

More Idioms/Phrases

can't make heads or tails of can't hold a candle to can't help but do can't do anything with can't carry a tune cancel sth out call the meeting to order call the dogs off call one's bluff call sb on the carpet call sb names call sb down call of nature call it a night