Etymology

and your little dog too

Today it means: A statement that not only will the person being addressed be punished but their conspirators will also. Full definition →

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The story

From a line spoken by the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz to Dorothy and her dog Toto: "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!".

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