dog days
狗日的,狗日,狗年,犬日
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- : the sultry part of the summer, supposed to occur during the period that Sirius, the Dog Star, rises at the same time as the sun: now often reckoned from July 3 to August 11.
- : a period marked by lethargy, inactivity, or indolence.
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A few days later, Bush replied, “We will uphold the law in Florida.”
Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.
Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.
Some refugees wait for days on the ships before setting sail.
Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.
Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.