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every dog has its day

every dog has its day proverb: everyone, at some point, experiences some degree of victory or success in life.

Proverb

every dog has its day

  1. Everyone, at some point, experiences some degree of victory or success in life.
    • cæsar [...] Yes, Rufio: I am an old man—worn out now—true, quite true. [...] Well, every dog has his day; and I have had mine: I cannot complain.1898, [George] Bernard Shaw, “Cæsar and Cleopatra”, in Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil’s Disciple, Cæsar and Cleopatra, & Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, London: Grant Richards, […], published...
    • "[T]o lose, it hurt. But I learned from that. I learned that every dog has its day. I learned patience."1987 November 5, Thomas George, “Football: First Down, Many Goals to Go”, in New York Times, retrieved 13 Jul 2015

every dog has its day meaning in Hindi and Arabic

every dog has its day in Hindi

proverb
हर कुत्ते का दिन आता है har kutte kā din ātā hai

every dog has its day in Arabic

proverb
كُلّ كَلْب بِيجِي يُومُه kull kalb bījī yūmuh

Forms of every dog has its day

alternative formevery dog has his day
alternative formevery dog must have his day
alternative formevery dog must have its day

Questions about every dog has its day

What does every dog has its day mean?
Every dog has its day means everyone, at some point, experiences some degree of victory or success in life.
What is every dog has its day in Hindi?
Every dog has its day in Hindi is हर कुत्ते का दिन आता है (har kutte kā din ātā hai). See Every dog has its day meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is every dog has its day?
Every dog has its day is a proverb.

Words near every dog has its day in the dictionary

  1. every day is a school day
  2. every day of the week
  3. every day of the week and twice on Sunday
  4. every day of the week and twice on Sundays
  5. every dog has his day
  6. every dog has its day
  7. every dog must have his day
  8. every dog must have its day
  9. every good boy deserves favor
  10. every good boy deserves favour
  11. every good boy deserves food

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