two men and a dog

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of one man and his dog (“almost nobody; very few people”).
    — By present-day standards, of course, these count as just two men and a dog, but were a remarkable concentration for the day, certainly far beyond anything to be found in the private sector. In actual numbers the staff had not much changed since the amalgamation of 1850, but there had been a significant accretion in skills. And the improvement was to continue, both in numbers and quality.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two, men, dog.
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