dog eat dog

形容词 adj.
/dɒɡ iːt dɒɡ/    /dɔɡ it dɔɡ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive; of a business or other set of circumstances, trying to succeed at the expense of other people. idiomatic,informal,not-comparable
    — dog-eat-dog world

词形变化

dog-eat-dog alternative doggy dog alternative doggy-dog alternative

词源

From dog + eat + dog. Derived from Latin canis caninam non est (“a dog does not eat the flesh of a dog”).
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