a dog in the manger

释义

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   占马槽的狗

   a person who stops other people from enjoying what he or she cannot use or does not want

   She's an ill-mannered little dog in the manger.

电影里这样说 · 1 部

• She's an ill-mannered little dog in the manger.The Uninvited1944
• Well I ll be a goddamn dog in a mangerThe Hateful Eight2015

在完整场景里学

• 不速之客1944
  • 误闯老宅一见倾心：hanker for（一直惦念）
  • 上门求购悬崖老宅：head over heels in love（神魂颠倒）
  • 为一栋闹鬼老宅讨价还价：bring the price down（把价钱压下来）

同一词条的短语

• a dog and pony show
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• a dog's life
• every dog has his day
• give a dog a bad name
• go to the dogs
• not have a dog's chance
• why keep a dog and bark yourself
• the hair of the dog
• be raining cats and dogs
• sick as a dog