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