| 单词 | dog in the manger |
| 例句 | He is not deluded or proud or murderous, just a dog in the manger, a grim Taliban-like puritan who has banned laughter. A Scheherazade for Our Times 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z It seemed like every time I ran into Gary he said he was about to quit, but he didn’t quit—playing dog in the manger, in my exasperated view. The Closing of the Village Voice, Downtown’s Magic Mirror 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Don't think I'm a dog in the manger. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z They are a sort of dog in the manger, and are not in accord with any principle that is practical and essential to the elimination of friction and strife between the races. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z Never did a great government play more completely the part of the dog in the manger. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z The policy of playing dog in the manger. Select List of Books ... Relating to the Far East 2012-01-12T03:00:14.110Z Your gentry people, most o’ them anyhow, are just like dogs in the manger. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Excuse me for saying so, but at present you are like the dog in the manger. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z “If I could play ball as you do, Henning,” said a coarse-grained youth named Stockley, one day, “I would call myself a dog in the manger.” 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z The whites settled in Australia, so thought these officers, are like the dog in the manger. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z "I can never be a dog in the manger," she replied. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Perhaps it is not fair to allege that every man in his heart is a dog in the manger, hating to see his fellow-men smiled upon by a pretty girl? The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z To play the part of the dog in the manger was a very unworthy thing to do. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z I would not be a dog in the manger about it, anyhow. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z It's a case of the dog in the manger: he does not want the bone himself, but he does not want the others to have it either. Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z Of what avail will it ever be, so long as slavery is permitted to play the dog in the manger? The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z It was a sort of dog in the manger feeling, and he did not like it, and it irritated him—but it clung tenaciously. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z "I am like the dog in the manger," he said to himself, a little disconsolately; "I cannot have her myself, and I don't want anybody else to have her." The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z "It looks rather like the dog in the manger, having The Cottage idle and still refusing Trant's friend." Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z "Then it was like the dog in the manger." Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z "Uros is like the dog in the manger," said one of the bystanders; "he will not marry, nor does he wish other people to do so." The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z How can I be so selfish—so dog in the manger like; I cannot be his wife myself, and ought I to object to his choosing any one else? Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z "However, to play the part of the dog in the manger," Ralph went on, "is not a very manly thing to do, so I have decided to tell you all I know." The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z As one of the yägers observed, she continued to “play the dog in the manger,”—would neither eat herself, nor suffer anybody else to eat. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z You may have heard of a certain dog in the manger? The Law of Hemlock Mountain You are like the dog in the manger: obstinate—selfish—brutal. A Double Knot They're just dogs in the manger, and we Scots shall teach them the lesson they need. Donalblane of Darien To play dog in the manger, and keep some more fortunate man from loving and marrying her? most certainly not. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir "That is shameful; a perfect dog in the manger!" The Fortunes Of Glencore Had she been content with what her people could occupy, there would have been little trouble, but the "dog in the manger" policy could hardly be recognised by other nations. The West Indies and the Spanish Main They were dogs in the manger, therefore, if the people had looked upon them with progressive American eyes; but they did not. Anne In this, he was carrying out the regulations, I imagine; but his behaviour resembled that of the dog in the manger. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Mrs. Haight was nasty, but I told her she did not know you the least little bit, that you were no dog in the manger. Ancestors A Novel Would you act the part of the dog in the manger? Portia or By Passions Rocked Was he acting the part of the dog in the manger, robbing others of happiness without the power of achieving his own? Lady Anna He liked, when she was not with him, to have Anne safely under her grandaunt's watchful vigilance, not exactly with the spirit of the dog in the manger, but something like it. Anne "And why am I the dog in the manger?" said the count. The Grandee "I'd never be such a dog in the manger," she said mockingly. The Beggar Man This refrain either rounds the stanzas beautifully or else plays dog in the manger with the sense. Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers You seemed to be playing a dog in the manger part—this might do for young fellows who were too timid for speech, or too certain for doubt. Mabel's Mistake It's being a dog in the manger, because he doesn't care for it himself. Is He Popenjoy? I'm not in love with her, but Edward Caspian is, and I am dog in the manger enough not to want him to get her. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America I'm no dog in the manger," he continued; "I didn't have a chance to learn more than the law allows, or to go to a city school. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Like the dog in the manger, unable to pay for a first class ride himself, the poor white squats about railroad stations and waits for the opportunity to eject some prosperous Negro. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. Like a hog, or dog in the manger, he doth only keep it because it shall do nobody else good, hurting himself and others. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature "It's a case of the dog in the manger." The Unknown Wrestler I do believe girls, with their lovers, are like dogs in the manger; they can’t marry them all, and yet they are not willing that any other girl should have any of the rejected ones! Her Mother's Secret A sphere of influence is a dog in the manger. Peking Dust A Scottish version of the dog in the manger. The Proverbs of Scotland “You are a regular dog in the manger, and I’m frank to tell you so!” Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands Thus, "sour grapes," "dog in the manger," "to blow hot and cold," "to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs," "to cry 'Wolf!'" will take on more significant meanings. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The people of this ungrateful country are like the 'dogs in the manger;' will neither do anything themselves, nor allow me to improve my own condition. Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House He was like the dog in the manger, you see. Mike Marble His Crotchets and Oddities. Why what a dog in the manger you must be—you can’t marry them both. Japhet in Search of a Father Nor Potter either, acting the dog in the manger like this. The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance "And you want me not to be a dog in the manger, while you enjoy the next best thing that comes along!" There was a King in Egypt In truth, Gottlieb was, and in the depths of his heart he knew that he was, neither more nor less than a dog in the manger. A Romance Of Tompkins Square 1891 When gold was first discovered, the fable of "the dog in the manger" began to be enacted in the Transvaal. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 If that long eely thing chooses to play dog in the manger over the potatoes, it must take the consequences. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy These dogs in the manger—their mutual jealousy had proved her protection! The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Never was a more perfect exemplification of the dog in the manger than the Lady Margaret of Cornwall. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him "If there's any one thing in the universe I never had you figured for, it's a dog in the manger." Masters of Space What sort of a yellow dog in the manger would he be if he did not? Fair Harbor The dog in the manger was nothing to this. The Lady of the Ice A Novel The dog in the manger is a good type of this happy combination. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life For he was a regular dog in the manger, was Tackleton; and, when they laughed and he couldn't, he took it into his head, immediately, that they must be laughing at him. The Cricket on the Hearth What? then he would play the dog in the manger—neither eat nor let eat?—He shall find himself mistaken. St. Ronan's Well "I am the dog in the manger," he concluded. The Call of the Blood She plays the dog in the manger to the detriment of the world. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Men are strange; perhaps there's something of the dog in the manger about them, at times. The Castle Of The Shadows At least, that you had a private understanding which would be an engagement if Sir Lionel weren't a dog in the manger. Set in Silver "I know all that, Reuben; and also that, like dogs in the manger, they suffer none others to sail those seas; and that no English ship has ever yet traversed those waters." By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico Those he attacks are mostly middle-class people, or those slightly below them—the dogs in office, and the dogs in the manger. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 I 'll not be the dog in the manger any longer. The Mayor of Warwick The great Elizabeth had in her disposition something of the dog in the manger. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality She is a dog in the manger about walks. Set in Silver "A dog in the manger is what you should be called." Phineas Finn The Irish Member "You are the last person on earth I would have selected to become a dog in the manger!" Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman Is the young man to be dog in the manger? The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 Seems to me there's a bit of the dog in the manger about your whining. A People's Man He was just the dog in the manger, and she was the hay! The Man and the Moment But you have been like the dog in the manger—you would neither take Hugh yourself nor give anyone else the chance of getting him. Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Because I am a fool!" he answered, bitterly—"a fool, and what the English rightly call 'a dog in the manger!' The Chink in the Armour What is the use of turning a good-natured little thing like me into a hateful dog in the manger? Winter Evening Tales It's a regular dog in the manger business; you don't like me, and therefore nobody else must like me. The Hoyden "No, that is what I told him—and he said he was a dog in the manger." The Man and the Moment Why, what a dog in the manger you must be—you can't marry them both. Japhet, in Search of a Father She felt that she would be a dog in the manger to keep the place in her possession. The Claverings I see I can do no good, and I'll be hammered if I'll play dog in the manger, even to oblige the governor. Pearl of Pearl Island "What an old dog in the manger you are!" cried Barbara; and thus started an old argument. Jaffery His vanity would be wounded, since he had owned to being a dog in the manger. The Man and the Moment I felt like the dog in the manger. The Doctor's Dilemma But I fear that he was a dog in the manger, and that any marriage contemplated for Lady Ongar, either by herself or by others for her, would have been distasteful to him—unnaturally distasteful. The Claverings "I am not such a dog in the manger as that and he knows it." Greatheart The old fable of the dog in the manger holds good with these Campaigners. About Ireland She raised her head defiantly now, and flashed back at him: "I understand you had admitted to being a dog in the manger—you were always an animal of sorts!" The Man and the Moment Are we to play at dog in the manger? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 But as nothing also will induce me to live there, I am not such a dog in the manger as to wish to keep it. The Claverings "To-morrow I'm going to town to buy a bull dog revolver, maybe a bull dog and a revolver, for a dog in the manger is the noblest Roman of them all." Back to the Woods Besides, even if it hadn't been, I'm not a dog in the manger. The Way of an Eagle I know all about the matter, Mr. Trevethick: the Squire behaved like the dog in the manger to you. Bred in the Bone "What dogs in the manger men are!" she said to herself. From out the Vasty Deep You think I'm like the dog in the manger? His Big Opportunity I'm beastly sorry to have been such an infernal dog in the manger unwittingly. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth ‘You are a dog in the manger, Cathy, and desire no one to be loved but yourself!’ Wuthering Heights "Besides what you know may help him, and it would be a dog in the manger kind of game to keep back anything, now that he has taken up the business." The Man from the Clouds I must be a dog in the manger, because I don't like the idea of its being either. It Happened in Egypt Oh, they be dogs in the manger, and the Lord'll reward 'em therefor! Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography He had been the meanest kind of dog in the manger. The Shadow of the East You are like the dog in the manger. The Virginians "As profiting dogs in the manger of manufacturing, sir!" All-Wool Morrison But there is no dog in the manger so churlish on such points as a vain man. Hereward, the Last of the English The story of the dog in the manger is as old as the world. A Mummer's Wife There's always got to be a dog in the manger, it don't matter where you go. Annie Kilburn : a Novel Why should Norman, like a dog in the manger, begrudge to his friend the fodder which he himself could not enjoy? The Three Clerks "The dog in the manger!" she called him. We Can't Have Everything "What a dog in the manger I grow," she said, with a bitter laugh. A Terrible Secret Instead of which, I had no other station than that of a dog in the manger. Home as Found You don't want to play the dog in the manger. The Hunt Ball Mystery He compared them to the hen in AEsop, fed too fat to lay eggs, and to dogs in the manger, who would neither preach nor let others preach. Lectures and Essays Now, don't be a dog in the manger, for if you get all you want, what can it matter to you if I am rich or poor?' Tales of the Punjab They are the dogs in the manger among rulers. Captain Macklin A pause, then Hugh said in a very solemn voice, "You know, darling, Jesus would have been born in the manger, but the dog in the manger wouldn't let him!" The Professional Aunt But why should his friend be a dog in the manger? The Way We Live Now No one ventures to occupy the cushioned divan alongside myself, although the divan is fifteen feet long, and it makes me feel uncomfortably like the dog in the manger to occupy its whole length alone. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran Such an influence will be greatly weakened if this Government becomes a dog in the manger of trade selfishness. State of the Union Address It was justifiable to be a dog in the manger under the circumstances. Lady Hester, or, Ursula's Narrative All weapons seemed lawful against such a mere pest as this—a dog in the manger. It Is Never Too Late to Mend After all, why should he be a dog in the manger? The Way We Live Now You see; lad," answered the Shepherd, "it's like the tale of the dog in the manger. The Scotch Twins Well; and are we not all dogs in the manger more or less actively? Framley Parsonage Don't be a dog in the manger, Tom. An Old-Fashioned Girl At last he actually looked on George as a sort of dog in the manger, who could not make Susan happy, yet would come between her heart and one who could. It Is Never Too Late to Mend These people," he declared, "are dogs in the manger, and Ward is the worst of the lot. The Lost Road I wouldn't begin with a lie then, and I know enough of my wife to feel sure that she wouldn't be a sort of dog in the manger after she was dead. He Fell in Love with His Wife He was, then, a dog in the manger, you will say. Framley Parsonage |
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