"dog's life" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-dog's life.ogg [Australia] Forms: dogs' lives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|dogs' lives}} dog's life (plural dogs' lives)
  1. (idiomatic) A miserable, wretched existence. Tags: idiomatic Translations (miserable life): hundeliv [neuter] (Danish), koiranelämä (Finnish), vie de chien [feminine] (French), vie de galérien [feminine] (French), Hundeleben [neuter] (German), σκυλίσια ζωή (skylísia zoḯ) [feminine] (Greek), vita da cani [feminine] (Italian), hundeliv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), hundeliv [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pieskie życie [neuter] (Polish), vida de cão [feminine] (Portuguese), соба́чья жизнь (sobáčʹja žiznʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dog's_life-en-noun-p~AqjyKg Disambiguation of 'miserable life': 92 8
  2. (idiomatic) A life of indolence where the individual may do as he or she pleases, just like a pampered dog. Tags: idiomatic Translations (pampered life): kissanpäivät [plural] (Finnish), vivre comme un coq en pâte (French)
    Sense id: en-dog's_life-en-noun-bed-L1p5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'pampered life': 26 74

Inflected forms

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