Advertisement

Advertisement

every dog has its day



Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

Even the lowliest will sometimes come to the fore, as in They may not listen to me now, but just wait, every dog has its day . This proverbial saying alludes to the lowly status dogs once held. [Mid-1500s] Also see had its day .

Advertisement

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


Every dog has his dayeveryhow