A quiz about the meaning of idioms involving dogs. I give you the idiom, and you choose the correct meaning. Simple? Of course it is – now let’s see how well you do! You might also be interested in my other idiom quizzes:
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Answers correct per The Free Dictionary. Cover image from CC0 Creative Commons.
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Question of
A dog and pony show
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A meeting of the extended family
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An event organised for promotion or to drive sales
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A traditional country music event
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Question of
A shaggy-dog story
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A rambling story or joke
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An advertisement for toilet paper
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A country dance in a marquee tent
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Question of
Between dog and wolf
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A very difficult choice
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A type of drug that is technically illegal but which is rarely prosecuted
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Between dusk and daylight
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Question of
Cats and dogs
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Next year’s models of mobile phones
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People who only watch Fox News
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Slow-selling merchandise
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Question of
A dog in the manger
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A puppy received as a Christmas present
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A gift you have to hide from your parents
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Someone who stops you having something out of spite
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To dogfood
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To use your own company’s software to test for flaws
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To live very poorly while saving money
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To eat a strictly carnivorous diet
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Dog-ways
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To take risky short-cuts
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To shop only in the most up-market supermarkets
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To copulate like dogs, with the male approaching from the rear
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Question of
A hair of the dog
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A very cheap and simple haircut
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To negotiate a lose-lose arrangement when selling over-supplied goods
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An alcoholic drink consumed to remedy a hangover
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Question of
To hot dog
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To up-cycle defective merchandise
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To use a dog for sensual satisfaction
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To perform stunts to impress
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Question of
Your dogs are barking
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The fire brigade needs your keys to access a property
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A Hollywood producer has expressed an interest in a screenplay you sent in
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Your feet are aching
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Question of
The dog’s bollocks
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A despicable person or thing
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Excellent and exceptional
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A defensive tactic in American football
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Question of
A three dog night
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A very cold night
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A Gregorian hymn with three harmonies
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A party you shouldn’t have gone to. And your mammy warned you and all!
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Question of
A tin dog
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A can of beer
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A hot dog from a can
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A snowmobile
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Question of
To bird-dog
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To create a high-frequency sound, inaudible to humans
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Act as a decoy or create a diversion
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To steal another man’s girlfriend
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Question of
Hong Kong dog
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Diarrhoea
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A dish of fried rice with dog meat
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An especially complex competitive kite
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Question of
The black dog
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A hardcore Led Zeppelin fan
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Melancholy or depression
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A virulent strain of influenza
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A yellow dog
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The dummy hare used on a greyhound racetrack
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The white flag of surrender
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A despicable person or thing
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Question of
The red dog
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A sexually transmitted disease
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A defensive tactic in American football
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A terrier or bloodhound
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6/18 … I guessed a lot because I have not heard yet
Thanks for trying, Vidocka! Idioms are very hard for a non-native speaker, I know that 🙂
Good use of the American Football term Red Dog, or what we call a Blitz! Doesn’t knowing American Football hurt?
It might, if I did! In the case of this quiz I made an exception and included lots of answers that were totally unfamiliar to me 🙂
Good for you! I would hate to see you lose your Irish Citizenship because of a quiz!
7/18, never heard these idioms before so had to guess. Very funny & unusual quiz!!!
You guessed rather well, Anastasia! Many of these idioms are quite unusual or country-specific, and I don’t think anyone got them all correct! Thank you for playing 🙂
11 out of 18. A lot of guessing because I’d never heard of most of them.
You did well enough, Gary. Quite a few of these are fairly localised, and a good number I’d never heard of either. Thanks for taking the quiz 🙂
OMG hahaha. You have done it with this one. Laughs out loud!! Okay let’s see, It all started going wrong with number 6 then I got to number 7 and thought the last answer was a joke… Then I did pretty well until I got to Hong Kong dog, you got me on the one, that is one I had never heard of. There were a few I hadnt heard of like Yellow dog, I prefer to call those types a yellow bellied lizard licker? grins, great quiz Norman, oh master of the quiz!
Yellow bellied lizard licker! You’re the master (or mistress) of words 😀 The quiz wan’t supposed to be easy, so I’m glad to see that worked!!
got 8 out of 15.
Follow me!!
Thanks for playing, Rehan 🙂
Euukkk … too many wrong!!
but learn something 🙂
Thanks for playing, Ali 🙂
Nine out of 18 on this dog idiom quiz.
You earned a 50% pass, Deep! Thanks for participating 🙂
You are welcome Norman.
You got 7 out of 18 right!
Could be better
You did well enough for such a hard quiz – thanks!
Great quiz Norman. Missed # 10 & 15.
You did well, missing only them two! Thanks for your support 🙂
You got 4 out of 18 right!
Could be better
This was a hard quiz, Snezana, especially if English is not your first tongue! Thanks for playing 🙂