My dogs are killing me
Posted by Victoria S Dennis on April 23, 2010 at 21:59
In Reply to: My dogs are killing me posted by Tatjana on April 23, 2010 at 18:45:
: I cannot seem to find the origin or connection to the phrase "My dogs are killing me". to mean one's feet hurt.
"Dogs" for "feet" is rhyming slang: the underlying phrase is "dogs' meat", which ryhymes with "feet". The dropping of the second word, making the slang phrase incomprehensible to anyone who doesn't know the whole phrase, is a standard feature of British rhyming slang. (VSD)
- My dogs are killing me David FG 24/April/10