cat-and-dog

Example Sentences

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“If you want to see a cat-and-dog fight, just let someone make a move on us,” Mr. Spoor said that June.

From Washington Post

Now they lead a cat-and-dog life, Stimulating in the harassed life of the King because of his fellow feeling for poor Ubum.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was no time to change into better clothes, so I pulled my big wool coat over my cat-and-dog pajamas, and we tiptoed out of the house, careful not to make too much sound.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

"There has been a cat-and-dog fight; only this time the cat's velvety paws scratched the poor little dog and wounded it sorely."

From Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life by Beaumont, Grace

Lady Flo: Nevertheless, I assure you they lead a cat-and-dog existence.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various