It's what the page of a book looks like when you turn the corner down - you say that the page is "dog-eared." It should also be noted there is a similar-sounding expression, "dog years"-- which refers to an erroneous (but widely believed) claim about how dogs age: it is believed by many that one human year equals seven dog years.
It just means that something is cute. The idiom makes little sense since bugs do not have ears.
Palestinian and Persian
"To be" is not an idiom - it's a verb.
A hound is a hunting dog. If you "hound" someone, you can also be said to "dog" them -- it means you hunt them tirelessly, following after them and usually bothering them.
From the sport of wrestling.
working like a dog
It just means that something is cute. The idiom makes little sense since bugs do not have ears.
The idiom "to have something between the ears" means to be intelligent or smart. It implies that someone has a good understanding or knowledge of a subject.
Palestinian and Persian
To write the ears of a dog as a possessive pronoun, you would say "the dog's ears."
"To be" is not an idiom - it's a verb.
A hound is a hunting dog. If you "hound" someone, you can also be said to "dog" them -- it means you hunt them tirelessly, following after them and usually bothering them.
From the sport of wrestling.
The idiom "pick up your ears" means to listen carefully or pay close attention to something being said. It's a figurative way of telling someone to be alert and actively engage in the conversation or situation.
The popular idiom "every dog has its day" refers to the idea that everyone, regardless of wealth or previous luck, will have good things happen to them at some point. "Every dog has it's day" is another way of saying that everyone has a moment of triumph or success. The implication is that even a lowly dog has one time when everything is going it's way. The expression is a semi-quotation from Shakespeare's Hamlet: "and dog will have his day"
Pest is not an idiom. It's a word.
It refers to being extremely sick. The idiom compares a human's very uncomfortable illness (like the flu or a bad virus) with how ill a dog gets when it eats something it is not supposed to eat and often gets a very severe reaction.