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Americans use many expressions with the word “dog”. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. 1. The expression, to lead a dog’s life, describes a person who has an unhappy life.

Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world, We have to face with fierce competition everyday. 2. They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. 3. And the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.

Still, people say every dog has its day, This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills.

4. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.

Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. 5. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.

A. Dogs are our friends.

B. We can communicate with dogs.

C. Such hard work can make people dogtired.

D. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year.

E. Some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks yet.

F. However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life.

G. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.

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