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Definition of Dog in the manger
1. Noun. Someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for.
Definition of Dog in the manger
1. Noun. One who denies others what he cannot use himself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dog In The Manger
Literary usage of Dog in the manger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"... should learn anything about this story, he would throw you into the sea as
food for the fishes, without hesitation or delay. THE dog in the manger. ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"THE dog in the manger A DOG looking out for its afternoon nap jumped into the
Manger of an Ox and lay there cosily upon the straw. But soon the Ox, ..."
3. Select Fables; with Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick by Thomas Bewick, John Bewick (1820)
"... THE dog in the manger. A DOG was lying in a Manger full of hay; a Horse, being
hungry, offered to eat of the hay ; but the envious, ill-natured cur ..."
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