For readers who want to chase up the sources of the description of each of the idiom’s meanings and histories represented in this title there follows a list of our sources, almost entirely web-based:
SOURCES
LOVE ME LOVE MY DOG
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
https://grammarist.com/idiom/love-me-love-my-dog
www.theidioms.com
www.bookbrowse.com
https://www.google.com/ peter+shelley+love+me,+love+my+dog+lyrics
BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barking_up_the_wrong_tree
https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/coon/homepage.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coon_hunting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon
DOGS BOLLOCKS
www.wordhistories.net
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bog-standard.html
www.grammar-monster.com
DOGGING
Manchestersfinest.com
Bill Browne, Irish Independent, 26 July 2014.
Essexlive.news
www.oxfordlearnersdictionary.com
www.gaurdian.com
Leicestermercury.com
www.cosmipolitan.comhttps://www.essexlive.news/whats-on/essex-areas-avoid-after-dark-5647281
RAINING CATS AND DOGS
Theidioms.com
https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/meteorology-climatology/item/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-its-raining-cats-and-dogs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raining_cats_and_dogs
IF YOU LIE DOWN WITH DOGS YOU GET UP WITH FLEAS
https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199539536.001.0001/acref-9780199539536-e-1271
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs 5th Edition, 2009 John Sipson and Jennifer Peake
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:If_you_lie_down_with_dogs,_you_get_up_with_fleas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Richard%27s_Almana
www.bookbrowse.com/expressions/detail/index.cfm/expression_number/602/if-you-lie-down-with-dogs-youll-get-up-with-fleas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Elder
EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY
https://thecontentauthority.com/blog/what-does-every-dog-has-his-day-mean
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralia
https://www.enotes.com/topics/don-quixote/quotes/every-dog-has-his-day
Midnight’s Furies: Nisisd Hajari.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India
YOU CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS
www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/visualized-heads-of-state-each-country-by-age/
theidioms.com
Unimedliving.com
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/03/24/who-are-the-oldest-and-youngest-current-world-leaders
www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/3-research-backed-reasons-youre-not-too-old-to-change-careers.html
www.forbes.com/sites/dorianrolston/2020/06/30/you-cant-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks-without-learning-yourself/?sh=5080a2ff2f56
https://www.fromoldbooks.org/proverbs/pages/pp72-73
https://tractive.com/blog/en/training-en/can-you-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks-check-tips
DOGS CAN SPEAK, BUT ONLY TO THOSE WHO KNOW HOW TO LISTEN
goodreads.com
IN THE DOG HOUSE
www.harbourguides.com
www.phrases.org.uk
https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-does-in-the-doghouse-mean.htm
www.bestlifeonline.com/in-the-doghouse-meaning/
www.languagehumanities.org
www.quora.com/Where-did-the-phrase-in-the-doghouse-come-from
DOG TIRED
Theidioms.com
https://thehistoryjunkie.com/king-alfred-the-great-family-tree-and-descendants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great
William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew’, Act IV, Scene 2
www.sleepfoundation.org/animals-and-sleep/how-much-do-dogs-sleep
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius
HAIR OF THE DOG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugarit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugarithair_of_the_dog_wiki
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/hair+of+the+dog
www.phrases.org.uk
THE DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK
www.Petmd.com
www.wikiwand.com/en/The_dog_ate_my_homework
www.slate.com
THE DOGS OF WAR
https://listverse.com/2017/02/25/10-incredible-stories-of-heroic-dogs-of-war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/timeline-of-20th-and-21st-century-wars
www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/dogs-for-war
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/
IT’S NOT THE SIZE OF THE DOG IN THE FIGHT, ITS THE SIZE OF THE FIGHT IN THE DOG
www.usingenglish.com/references/idioms
www.quoteinvestigator.com
https://medium.com/@itzkaushal/its-not-the-size-of-the-dog-in-the-fight-fcd7656320b8
THE FACTORY OF THE FUTURE WILL HAVE ONLY TWO EMPLOYEES, A MAN AND A DOG. (THE HUMAN WILL FEED THE DOG AND THE DOG WILL MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE TOUCHES THE MACHINERY)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
The Impact of AI on the Workplace: Evidence from OECD Case Studies of AI Implementation DELSA/ELSA/WD/SEM(2023)7
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-16/are-boeing-planes-unsafe-pilots-blamed-for-corporate-errors-in-max-737-crash
Johnson, S. and D. Acemoglu Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity. John Murray Press.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/05/jobs-lost-created-ai-gpt
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2022/01/30/future-factory/
DOGWHISTLE POLITICS
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-46922909
www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/03/no-10-denies-using-dog-whistle-politics-in-grooming-gangs-crackdown-rishi-sunak
Tilley, B. P. ‘I am the Law and Order Candidate: A Content Analysis of Donald Trump’s Race-Baiting Dog Whistles in the 2016 Peresidential Campaign, Psychology Vol 11, Number 12, December 2020.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/henry-ford-anti-semitism/675911/
www.ajc.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2021-02/AJC_Translate-Hate-Glossary-2021.pdf
www.britannica.com/topic/Protocols-of-the-Elders-of-Zion
www.politicaldictionary.com/words/dog-whistle-politics/
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/21/racist-roots-dog-whistle/
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle
hearingsense.com.au/dogs-cats-hear-better-humans/
www.morgridge.org/blue-sky/why-can-dogs-hear-a-dog-whistle-but-people-cant/
www.wordhistories.net/2023/09/27/dog-whistle-politics/
www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/11/7/13549154/dog-whistles-campaign-racism
DOG-EARED
Wikipedia – Andreas Gryhius; dog-ear
The Guardian, 7th June 2023
https://windowthroughtime.wordpress.com/tag/william-hawkins
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/english/news/2012/07/02_new_research_into_historic_drama_on_the_london_stage_and_in_schools.
Torsten Landsberg, The history of the ‘dog ear’ bookmark, https://www.dw.com/en/world-book-day-history-of-the-dog-ear-bookmark/a-57311160
DON’T KEEP A DOG AND BARK YOURSELF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphuism
Hyder E. Rollins, ‘Notes on Brian Melbancke’s “Philotimus”’ Studies in Philology, Vol. 26, Extra Series No. 1 (May, 1929), pp. 40-57
https://english-grammar-lessons.com/dont-keep-a-dog-and-bark-yourself-meaning
https://fandom-grammar.livejournal.com/121489.html
phrases.org.uk
www.literarydevices.net/dont-keep-a-dog-and-bark-yourself/
DOG AND BONE
www.britannica.com/topic/Cockney
www.coursera.org/articles/types-programming-language
Ross, M. (2017). Languages of the New Guinea region. In Raymond Hickey (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics, Cambridge University Press.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_language.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_language
www.bbc.co.uk/languages/guide/languages.shtml
wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_death
John MItchinson, The Upside Down: Why Are We So Quiet About Language Death, www.bylinetimes.com
www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/09/guide-to-cockney-rhyming-slang
https:www.idiomorigins.org/origin/rhyming-slang
DOG NIGHT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo
https://www.seeker.com/heres-why-the-inuit-tolerate-cold-better-than-you-do-www.santaslapland.com
https://bushcraftbuddy.com/how-do-eskimos-keep-warm
https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/possum-skin-cloak
www.isahotel.com.au
www.phrases.org.uk
www.animalleague.org
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
https://clagnut.com/blog/2380
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangram
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Character_Classic
https://en.wikipedia.orgwiki/The_quick_brown_fox_jumps_over_the_lazy_dog
https://english-grammar-lessons.com/the-quick-brown-fox-jumps-over-the-lazy-dog-meaning
MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Dogs_and_Englishmen_(song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward
www.phrases.org.uk
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/British-Eccentrics
https://hsfhouseblogs.fsu.edu/2021/05/05/emily-mcginn-a-look-at-cowards-mad-dogs-and-englishmen
Idiomorigins.org
https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/october-2020/the-pith-helmet
DOG DAYS
https://www.dictionary.com/e/dog-days-of-summer
https://holidaybarn.com/blog/the-dog-days-of-summer
https://www.treehugger.com/real-meaning-dog-days-summer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_days
www.nationalgeographic.com/dog%20days/
DOGGED
www.wtymonline.com
www.dictionary.cambridge.org
www.wiktionary.com
www.oed.com/discover/middle-english-an-overview/
www.vocabulary.com
www.valeriefrancis.ca/tenacious-stubborn
GOING TO THE DOGS
https://buzzsharer.com/2023/09/30/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-phrase-going-to-the-dogs
https://www.onestopenglish.com/your-english/phrase-of-the-week-to-go-to-the-dogs/145674.article
https://grammarist.com/idiom/going-to-the-dogs
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/go-to-the-dogs.html
https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/55/messages/416.html
www.onestopenglish.com
www. vocabulary.com
EYE OF NEWT AND TOE OF FROG, WOOL OF BAT AND TONGUE OF DOG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trials_in_the_early_modern_period
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65549975
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_magic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_magic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft
https://www.dictionary.com/e/witch-ingredients
JUNKYARD DOG
www.grammarist.com/idiom/junkyard-dog/
www.holidaybarn.com
www.freedictionary.com
https://lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling/2023/06/29/dark-side-of-the-ring-jyd/
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2361316-full-career-retrospective-and-greatest-moments-for-junkyard
wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkyard_Dog
BLACK DOG
www.ctinsider.com/connecticutmagazine/news-people/article/The-legend-of-the-Black-Dog-of-the-Hanging-Hills
www.psychcentral.com
www.ighlandcanine.com
www.betterhelp.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dog_(folklore)
www.shorebread.com
www.speakingtreeindia.com
www.thecollector.com
www.hindublog.com
www.mypandit.com
LET SLEEPING DOGS DIE
www.google bing
www.idiomorigins.org/origin/let-sleeping-dogs-lie
www.thecontentauthority.com
www.idiomation.wordpress.com
LIKE A DOG WITH TWO TAILS
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15649230/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/642961/skipper-worlds-first-six-legged-dog
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beggar%27s_Opera
https://www.newsweek.com/miracle-dog-born-six-legs-two-tails-historic-first-1571393
https://wordhistories.net/2018/11/29/dog-two-tails
HOT DOG
https://abc7ny.com/nathans-hotdogs-content-2023-hot-dog-eating-contest-coney-island-joey-chestnut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausage
https://greensdictofslang.com
https://www.today.com/food/hot-dog-meanings-rcna38767
A DOG IS A MANS BEST FRIEND
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D
www.theidioms.comhttps://
www.wikiwand.com/en/Man%27s_best_friend
https://furchildpets.com/blog/term-mans-best-friend-originate
https://nationalpurebreddogday.com/mans-best-friend-the-origin-of-the-phrase