Dog eat dog
Intensely competitive
狗咬狗的；残酷无情的竞争；自相残杀
- The club management take on more women than are needed in a night so it really becomes dog eat dog.
夜店管理层一晚上雇佣的舞娘往往超过需求数量，于是就真变成狗咬狗的局面了。
Rain cats and dogs
Rain very heavily
下倾盆大雨
- In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked.
野餐进行中，突然大雨倾盆，每个人身上都湿透了。
Dog and pony show
A flashy presentation, often in a marketing context
盛大表演，这些表演常通过较多的炒作抓住别人的兴趣
- Happy to help with the dog and pony show.
很荣幸能帮你做秀。
Fight like cat and dog
Continually arguing with each other
大吵大闹；争吵不休
- They always fight like cat and dog though they still love each other very much.
尽管他们彼此深爱着对方，但经常激烈地争吵。
(The) tail that wags the dog
A small part of something that controls the whole thing
本末倒置，主次颠倒
- It's a depressing environment to work in and a typical case of the tail wagging the dog.
这种工作环境使人觉得很压抑，真是一个主次颠倒的典型案例。
Every man and his dog
Many people
许多人
- I thought it would be a private meeting but every man and his dog turned up and I couldn't even get a seat.
我本以为这是一场私人会面，但结果来了许多人，我甚至找不到位置坐下来。
Go to the dogs
To become disordered, to decay
（国家、机构）大不如前，衰落，衰败
- Listen to me! You will go to the dogs if you go on drinking and gambling.
听我一句劝。你如果照这样继续喝酒赌博下去，你终究会毁了自己。
Have a dog in the hunt (fight, race)
To support a certain person in a competition
在比赛中支持某个特定的人
- I’ll be happy working under either Carl or Sheila - I don’t have a dog in that hunt.
无论是在卡尔还是在希拉手下工作我都很乐意——我不会特别支持谁。
Puppy dog eyes
A begging look
可怜巴巴地望着，撒娇
- The other day my daughter gave me the puppy dog eyes so she could borrow the car.
前几天我的女儿撒娇地望着我，希望我把车借给她。
My dogs are barking
My feet hurt
我的两只脚很疼
- We had to walk about 30 miles after our car broke down, and my dogs are barking now!
我们的车坏了之后，我们不得不不行了大约30英里，现在我的两只脚疼死了。
