COLLECTIVE NOUNS, SIMILES, IDIOMS, METAPHORS and EXPRESSIONS
Dogs
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
General
  • A brace of dogs (= two)
  • A consort of corgis
  • A couple of hounds (= one pair)
  • A couple and a half of hounds (3 = one and a half pairs)
  • A cowardice of curs  (mixed breed)
  • A cry of hounds
  • A hunt of hounds
  • A meet of hounds
  • A gang of dogs
  • A kennel of dogs / hounds
  • A leash of hounds (= three)
  • A legion of dogs
  • A litter of puppies
  • A meet of hounds 
  • A mute of hounds
  • A pack of dogs
  • A pack of hounds
  • A pack of wild dogs
  • A piddle of puppies
  • A stable of hounds
  • A sute of hounds
  • A team of huskies
  • A town of prairie dogs 
           
Bloodhounds
  • A sute of bloodhounds
Greyhounds
  • A gallop of greyhounds
  • A leash of greyhounds
Jackals
  • A pack of jackals
  • A skulk of jackals
Pekingese
  • A pomp of Pekingese
Poodles
  • A salon of poodles
Pugs
  • A grumble of pugs
Terriers
  • A terror of terriers
SIMILES
  • As clean as a hound's tooth
  • As crooked as a dog's hind leg
  • As happy as a dog
  • As happy as a flea in a doghouse
  • As lazy as Ludlum's dog who lay down to bark
  • As mean as a junk-yard dog
  • As sick as a dog
  • As tired as a dog
IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS
  • A dirty dog
  • A dull dog
  • A dog's body
  • A dog's breakfast
  • A dog's dinner
  • A gay dog
  • A lap dog
  • A shaggy dog story
  • All bark and no bite
  • Any stick will serve to beat a dog with
  • Bark up the wrong tree
  • Bark is worse than his bite
  • Better to be a live dog than a dead man
  • Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
  • Call off the dogs
  • Go to the dogs
  • Dog and pony show
  • Dog collar
  • Dog days
  • Dog days of summer
  • Dog-eared
  • Dog-eat-dog
  • Dog does not eat dog
  • Dog in the manger
  • Dog-fight
  • Dog tired
  • Dogged determination
  • Dogged me
  • Dogs of war
  • Don't keep a dog and bark yourself
  • Dressed up like a dog's breakfast
  • Dressed up like a dog's dinner
  • Every dog has his day
  • Every dog has his day ... and a bitch two afternoons
  • Fight like cat and dog
  • Give a dog a bad name
  • Hair of the dog 
  • Hang dog
  • His/her bark is worse than his/her bite
  • Hush puppies
  • If you lie down with the dogs, you will get up with the fleas
  • In and out, like a dog at a fair
  • In the doghouse
  • It's a dog's life
  • It's a dog eat dog world
  • It's dogged as does it
  • Lead a dog's life
  • Lead a cat and dog life
  • Let sleeping dogs lie
  • Let the dog see the rabbit
  • Like a dog with two tails
  • Like dog's breath
  • Look like someone just shot your dog
  • Love me, love my dog
  • Lucky dog
  • Nobody's poodle
  • Not a dog's chance
  • One's bark is worse than one's bite
  • Proud as a pup with a new collar
  • Puppy fat
  • Puppy love
  • Put on the dog
  • Reservoir dogs
  • Raining cats and dogs
  • Running dogs
  • Shaggy dog story
  • See a man about a dog
  • Sick as a dog
  • Sly dog
  • Tail wagging the dog
  • Teach an old dog new tricks
  • The dog barks, but the caravan passes
  • The dog beneath the skin
  • The dogs of war
  • The hair of the dog
  • The tail that wags the dog
  • There's life in the old dog yet
  • To bark up the wrong tree
  • To die like a dog
  • To dog it
  • To fight like cats and dogs
  • To hound (someone)
  • To give to the dogs
  • To go to the dogs
  • To help a lame dog over the stile
  • To keep a dog and bark oneself
  • To rain cats and dogs
  • To ride to hounds
  • To run with the hares and hunt with the hounds
  • To sell someone a pup
  • To sleep like a dog
  • To throw to the dogs
  • To work like a dog
  • Top dog
  • Under-dog
  • Young pup
  • We'll all live until we die, unless dogs worry us
  • Why keep a dog and bark oneself
  • You cannot teach an old dog new tricks