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cat and dog lives

cat and dog lives is the plural of cat and dog life.

Meaning of cat and dog life

Noun

cat and dog life (plural cat and dog lives)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) An unhappy married life marked by arguments and disagreements.
    • The Bolton line thus became part of the Lancashire & Yorkshire on July 23, 1847, and the E.L.R. and L.Y.R. thereupon settled down to a cat and dog life which was to last about ten years.1957 October, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 725

Questions about cat and dog lives

What is cat and dog lives the plural of?
Cat and dog lives is the plural of cat and dog life.

Words near cat and dog lives in the dictionary

  1. cat
  2. Cat 5
  3. cat activation noise
  4. cat and dog
  5. cat and dog life
  6. cat and dog lives
  7. cat and kitten sneaking
  8. cat and mouse
  9. cat and moused
  10. cat and mouses
  11. cat and mousing

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