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Idiom

dog my cats

Meaning

Used as a mild oath, or as an expression of astonishment

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Well, dog my cats, I never expected to see you here.”

“Dog my cats, I cannot believe you actually finished that project in only one hour.”

“Dog my cats, the sheer audacity of his claim left the entire assembly in a state of stunned silence.”

Examples

simple

“Well, dog my cats, I never expected to see you here.”

contextual

“Dog my cats, I cannot believe you actually finished that project in only one hour.”

complex

“Dog my cats, the sheer audacity of his claim left the entire assembly in a state of stunned silence.”

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