Idioms - part 10

A dog in the manger

1) He is a dog in the manger.

it means

He won’t let you have anything even if he doesn’t need it.

2) What I could not understand is why Mary has such a dog in the manger attitude to life.  Maybe that’s why she has no friends.

it means

What I could not understand is why Mary has such an attitude to life that she is jealous of even those things that she doesn’t want. Maybe that’s why she has no friends.

3) You know what? I asked Jack yesterday if he could lend me that CD player he doesn’t use at all. And you know what he said? He said “no” without giving me any reason.  He is such a dog in the manger.

it means

You know what? I asked Jack yesterday if he could lend me that CD player he doesn’t use at all. And you know what he said? He said “no” without giving me any reason.  He will not lend you anything even if he doesn’t use it.

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