ProphetesAI is thinking...
dog-in-the-manger
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
dog-in-the-manger
ˌdog-in-the-ˈmanger A churlish person who will neither use something himself nor let another use it; in allusion to the fable of the dog that stationed himself in a manger and would not let the ox or horse eat the hay. Also attrib.[1564 W. Bullein Dial. agst. Pest. (1888) 9 Like vnto cruell Dogges l...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
The Dog in the Manger
The story and metaphor of The Dog in the Manger derives from an old Greek fable which has been transmitted in several different versions. It is with this understanding that the idiom of "a dog in a manger" is most often used currently.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
dog-in-the-manger
dog-in-the-mangera dog in the manger - someone who keeps something that they do not really want in order to prevent anyone else from having it. The British have a dog-in-the-manger attitude to the island, no longer needing it themselves, but wanting to deny it to others. (always before noun)
Cambridge English Idioms Dictionary
prophetes.ai
The Dog in the Manger (1978 film)
The Dog in the Manger () is a 1978 Soviet musical-comedy film directed by Yan Frid based on the eponymous 1618 play by Lope de Vega.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
The Dog in the Manger (1996 film)
The Dog in the Manger () is a 1996 Spanish film directed by Pilar Miró and based on the 1618 play of the same name by Lope de Vega.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
a dog in the manger
a dog in the mangersomeone who keeps something that they do not really want in order to prevent anyone else from having it. Stop being such a dog in the manger and let your sister ride your bike if you're not using it.
Cambridge English Idioms Dictionary
prophetes.ai
The Dog in the Manger (play)
The Dog in the Manger or The Gardener's Dog ( ) is a 1618 play by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. The play was adapted for Russian TV as Собака на сене (Sobaka na sene) in 1977 and released in the USA as The Dog in the Manger.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
dog in the manger
dog in the mangersomeone who keeps something that they do not really want in order to prevent anyone else from having it. Stop being such a dog in the manger and let your sister ride your bike if you're not using it.
Cambridge English Idioms Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Manger
The manger in Christianity
The manger is associated with nativity scenes where Mary and Joseph, forced by necessity to stay in a room for animals instead Gallery
See also
Away in a Manger, a Christmas carol
Bird feeder
The Dog in the Manger, a metaphor
References
External links
Livestock
Christian symbols
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
manger
▪ I. manger, n.1 (ˈmeɪndʒə(r)) Forms: 4 manyour, maniore, mawnger, maungour, 5 maniure, maniowre, mangeour, mawngeur, mawnjowre, 6 mangeor, maungere, mangier, 4– manger. [a. F. mangeoire (in 12th c. written maingeure) = Pr. manjadoira, Catal. menjadora, Pg. manjadoura, It. mangiatoia:—vulgar L. type...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Yan Frid
Yan Frid received all-union recognition after Dog in the Manger hit the television screens, which was based on the play of Lope de Vega, with Mikhail Boyarsky Petersburg (1972)
The Dog in the Manger (1978)
Die Fledermaus (1979)
Awards
Honored Art Worker of the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
The Dog of Montarges
The Dog of Montargis, or Murder in the Wood was a 19th-century melodrama, based on the tale of Robert Macaire and his trial-by-combat with a dog. Aubry“, in: Ders., Wirklichkeit des Theaters, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 1953, S. 82–110
Harald Wentzlaff-Eggebert: „Le Chien de Montargis“, in: Klaus Manger
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Emma Suárez
She has won twice the Goya Award for Best Actress, namely for her performances in The Dog in the Manger (1996) and Julieta (2016).
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Elena Proklova
Olga Alekseyeva
Shine, Shine, My Star (Гори, гори, моя звезда, 1970) as Christina Kotlyarenko
Mimino (Мимино, 1977) as Larisa Ivanovna Komarova
The Dog in the Manger (Собака на сене, 1978) as Marcela
Be my husband (Будьте моим мужем, 1982) as Natasha Kostikova
References
External links
1953 births
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Magüi Mira
After a long acting career in theatre, she made her directorial debut with Top Girls, followed by a staging of The Dog in the Manger in 2002.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org