A snarling dog that will not let anyone use what he has no use for himself.
The duration of The Dog in the Manger - film - is 1.73 hours.
The Dog in the Manger - film - was created on 1996-11-27.
The cast of A Dog in the Manger - 1917 includes: Charles Hoyt
A Dog in the Manger - 1917 was released on: USA: 6 August 1917
A 'dog in a manger' is a term often used towards someone who spoils enjoyment for others but gets no advantage themselves. Imagine a dog sitting in a manger preventing the horse from eating the hay. The dog cannot eat the hay itself but is resentlful of the horse enjoying its meal so it lays in the manger to spite the horse. These 'dogs' are usually jealous bitter people.
he is a real dog in the manger ,even though he does not have a car he would not let anyone else use his garage :0)
A "dog-in-the-manger" attitude refers to someone who selfishly prevents others from enjoying or using something that they themselves have no use for or interest in. This metaphor originates from the fable where a dog, though not eating the hay in the manger, prevents the cow from eating it as well.
the dog has not eaten
The Dog in the Manger is a fable attributed to Aesop, concerning a dog who one afternoon lay down to sleep in the manger. On being awoken, he ferociously kept the cattle in the farm from eating the hay on which he chose to sleep, even though he was unable to eat it himself, leading an ox to mutter the moral of the fable:People often begrudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
This is exactly what happens
Definition:a person who prevents others from using something he has no use for / a person who selfishly keeps something that he or she does not really need or want so that others may not use or enjoy it.Sentence:I have come to understand that he is the dog in the manger.
Maman le chien a besoin de manger