junkyard dog | Idiomator

Meaning: (literally)Anaggressivedog whichguardsascrapyardor junkyard.1936July 23, “Dan D. Lyon”, inScranton Republican‎[1], page 4:I saw nine dogs running en pack on South Washington Avenue ... They were making for a junkyard that appeared to be their headquarters ... And thosejunkyard dogsdo make nights hideous for the neighbors; (idiomatic,by extension)An animal or person with an especiallynastyandcombativedemeanor.1973Jim Croce, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", from the albumLife and Times(song lyrics):Badder than old King Kong / And meaner than ajunkyard dog1992September 21, Janice Castro, “With Friends Like These ...”, inTime:House minority whip . . . Gingrich has earned enmity in abundance for hisjunkyard-dogtactics.2004, Peter Maravelis,San Francisco Noir,→ISBN,page50:"I'm gonna hire me a lawyer," he said. "A realjunkyard dog."; Ahot dogladenwithtoppings, such asonions,pineapple,orchili.

Examples:

EN: So you really think you got what it takes to be a junkyard dog, huh?
ES: ¿Crees que puedes ser de la panda?
EN: Whoo-hoo! After I pass my next test, I´m gonna be... the best junkyard dog there ever was!
ES: Cuando pase la prueba, ¡seré el mejor perro del desguace de la historia!
EN: You can´t have a family and still be a junkyard dog.
ES: No puedes tener familia y ser del desguace.
EN: And that´s when I learned the first rule about being a junkyard dog:
ES: Entonces aprendí la primera regla de un perro del desguace:
EN: As a junkyard dog... - you can stay up late or dig or--
ES: ¡Acostarte tarde o escarbar o...!
EN: Only one more test, and I´ll finally be a junkyard dog.
ES: Una prueba más y seré un perro del desguace.
EN: I´m a junkyard dog!
ES: ¡Soy un perro del desguace!
ES: ¡Soy un perro del desguace!
EN: You´re at the top of the heap now ! A junkyard dog!
ES: ¡Has destacado del montón!
EN: I´m- - I´m a junkyard dog.
ES: - ¡Soy un perro del desguace!
EN: - You ain´t no junkyard dog.
ES: - ¡Tú no eres de la pandilla!
EN: Like a junkyard dog.
ES: No te preocupes.
EN: Living at the end of that chain... is gonna make you the meanest junkyard dog in the city.
ES: Vivir al final de la cadena... te hace el perro de la chatarra.
EN: The Beast was the most perfect junkyard dog that ever lived.
ES: La bestia era el mejor perro guardián del mundo.
EN: How dare you come into this office and bark at me like some little junkyard dog?
ES: iCómo se atreve a entrar en esta oficina y ladrarme como un perro sucio!
EN: He's always looking at me oiy of the sides of his eyes, like some old junkyard dog... trying to steal a bone.
ES: Él siempre me mira de los lados y sus ojos, como un viejo perro callejero ... tratando de robar un Huesito.

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