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:
- tail wagging the dog
- fight like cats and dogs
- dog-eat-dog
- call the dogs off
- to hound (someone)
- every dog has his day
- as crooked as a dog's hind leg
- lead a dog's life
- rain cats and dogs
- see a man about a dog
- in the doghouse
- dog and pony show
- let sleeping dogs lie
- go to the dogs
- hair of the dog that bit one