Meanings
nouncat and dog life (plural cat and dog lives)
plural cat and dog lives
- idiomaticinformalAn unhappy married life marked by arguments and disagreements.
The Bolton line thus became part of the Lancashire & Yorkshire on July 23, 1847, and the E.L.R. and L.Y.R. thereupon settled down to a cat and dog life which was to last about ten years.
1957 October 28, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 725
Translations
Latvian dzīvot kā sunim ar kaķi
- dzīvot kā sunim ar kaķiunhappy married life
Polish życie jak pies z kotem
- życie jak pies z kotemunhappy married life
Russian как кошка с собакой
- как кошка с собакойunhappy married life
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