dog eat dog

短语

狗咬狗

发音

UK /dɒɡ iːt dɒɡ/
US /dɔɡ it dɔɡ/

别名

dog-eat-dog doggy dog

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive; of a business or other set of circumstances, trying to succeed at the expense of other people.

    狗咬狗

    非正式

    dog-eat-dog world

    In this company it's dog eat dog. If you don't do better than the rest, you're on the street in next to no time.

词源

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

来源：wiktionary