lead a dog's life
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Whether he draws them or writes about them, Thurber does it with the air of a man who knows what it is to lead a dog's life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whenever I am with them they ask me riddles like that, and I simply lead a dog's life.
From Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth
"I think you'll lead a dog's life," he said.
From The Obstacle Race by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
"Was it part of the bargain that he should insult you, trample on you, make you lead a dog's life without a single friend to make it bearable?"
From The Knave of Diamonds by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
I know literary workers who lead a dog's life and are slaves to their pursuit, simply because they have deceived themselves in this.
From That Fortune by Warner, Charles Dudley
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