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dog days
plural noun
- the sultry part of the summer, supposed to occur during the period that Sirius, the Dog Star, rises at the same time as the sun: now often reckoned from July 3 to August 11.
- a period marked by lethargy, inactivity, or indolence.
dog days
plural noun
- the hot period of the summer reckoned in ancient times from the heliacal rising of Sirius (the Dog Star)
- a period marked by inactivity
dog days
- The hot, muggy days of summer. The Romans associated such weather with the influence of Sirius, the dog star , which is high in the sky during summer days.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of dog days1
Idioms and Phrases
Hot, sultry summer weather; also, a period of stagnation. For example, It's hard to get much work done during the dog days , or Every winter there's a week or two of dog days when sales drop dramatically . The term alludes to the period between early July and early September, when Sirius, the so-called Dog Star, rises and sets with the sun. The ancient Romans called this phenomenon dies caniculares , which was translated as “dog days†in the first half of the 1500s.Example Sentences
For many, of course, participating in this culture has been a source of succor, whether in the dog days of “brat summer†or the depths of election week 2020.
The “silly season†of news coverage used to refer to the dog days of summer, when there was so little of importance happening that newspapers and cable channels filled the vacuum with fluff.
It’s December, but Troy Dye has been transported back to the dog days of training camp, when the calls were simple.
And my most prized piece of gear during those sweaty dog days is a good headlamp.
He said the mental break that results from a short absence from the field can be beneficial for veterans coming out of the dog days of training camp.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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