Definition of Dog in the manger

1. Noun. Someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for.

Generic synonyms: Selfish Person

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

dog ear
dog eared
dog eat dog
dog fennel
dog fight
dog flea
dog food
dog fur
dog guide
dog hobble
dog hook
dog house
dog houses
dog in the hunt
dog in the manger
dog it
dog laurel
dog meat
dog mercury
dog musher
dog my cats
dog nose
dog paddle
dog person
dog pound
dog racing
dog rose
dog roses
dog scooter

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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