every dog has his day

A form of every dog has its day — Everyone, at some point, experiences some degree of victory or success in life.

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Meanings

proverb
  1. alternativeAlternative form of every dog has its day.

    cæsar [...] Yes, Rufio: I am an old man—worn out now—true, quite true. [...] Well, every dog has his day; and I have had mine: I cannot complain.

    1898, [George] Bernard Shaw, “Cæsar and Cleopatra”, in Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil’s Disciple, Cæsar and Cleopatra, & Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, London: Grant Richards, […], published 1901, →OCLC, Act III, page 153
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