Assertion: dog | /r/CapableOf | lie in manger
Facets:
value: to prevent horse
type: PURPOSE
value: to prevent the ox
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The saying is recorded from the mid 16th century, but a similar idea is found inby the Roman scholar and satirist Varro ((116–27 bc), ‘[a dog does not eat a dog's flesh].’dog-eat-dog used to refer to a situation of fierce competition.dog in the manger a person who is inclined to prevent others from having or using things that one does not need oneself, from the fable of the dog that lay in a manger to prevent the ox and horse from eating the hay.a dog is for life, not just for Christmas the slogan of the UK's National Canine Defence League (now Dogstrust), introduced in 1978 with the intention of dissuading people from giving puppies as Christmas presents.dog Latin a debased form of Latin; the term is recorded from the late 18th century, and represents a derogatory use ofthe dog returns to its vomit a pattern of unpleasant behaviour is likely to be repeated.