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/dɔg ɪn ðə mˈeɪndʒər/ Listen

Dog in the manger

noun

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

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"Dog in the manger" Quotes from Famous Books

... the wily money-lender; "you will have your share! 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 ...

— Indian Fairy Tales • Collected by Joseph Jacobs

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... Temple when I see her, that she may form some idea of your constancy," replied Mr Masterton, smiling. "Why, what a dog in the manger you must be—you can't marry them both. Still, under the circumstances, I can analyse the feeling—it is natural, but all that is natural is not always creditable to human nature. Let us talk a little about Susannah, and then all these ...

— Japhet, In Search Of A Father • Frederick Marryat

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... thought them. Last night in the storm—I couldn't sleep. I—I wanted to be a dog in the manger. I couldn't have you, and I'd be darned if I'd help anyone else to get you. You—you see, I'm a sort of broken reed, Becky. It—it isn't a sure thing that I am going to get well. And if what I feel for ...

— The Trumpeter Swan • Temple Bailey

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... Saw him out at the Three Jolly Topers marching along bareheaded and his eldest boy carrying one in a marketnet. The squallers. Poor thing! Then having to give the breast year after year all hours of the night. Selfish those t.t's are. Dog in the manger. Only one lump of sugar in ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

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... beastly sorry to have been such an infernal dog in the manger unwittingly. The only thing I can do to make, up is to give my blessing and wish you best of luck in your wooing. Shall we shake on it, Larry Holiday, and on the friendship I hope you and ...

— Wild Wings - A Romance of Youth • Margaret Rebecca Piper

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... sought a mouthful of hay; But a Dog in the manger there lay, And he snapped out "how now?" When most mildly, the Cow Adventured a morsel ...

— The Baby's Own Aesop • Aesop and Walter Crane

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Words linked to "Dog in the manger" : selfish person