dog in the manger
собака на сене (о человеке, не желающим делать что-либо и мешающим другим)
Пример использования идиомы dog in the manger:
Agatha lived alone in that big house, but she didn't let her relatives share it with her; she was like a dog in the manger.
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Другие идиомы:
- shaggy dog story
- lead a dog's life
- as clean as a hound's tooth
- to hound (someone)
- dog-eat-dog
- as sick as a dog
- in the doghouse
- call the dogs off
- see a man about a dog
- go to the dogs
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- hair of the dog that bit one
- tail wagging the dog
- let sleeping dogs lie
- every dog has his day