Filed under the "'Americans can't speak English, either' Department".
M: "Well, it's a dog eat dog world."
The Boy S. (12): "Yeah. It's a doggy dog world. What does that mean anyway?"
M: "Not 'doggy dog'...'dog eat dog'. It means the strong inherit the earth; the weak are culled. Gotta be the top dog, the alpha male. It's a jungle out there. Survival of the fittest. It's every man for himself. There is no mercy. Might makes right."
The Boy S.: "Oh. Well, everyone says 'doggy dog'."
I blame this guy.
Is there an equivalent expression in Japanese?
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じゃくにくきょうしょく。弱肉強食。The strong eats the weak. There might be some other good phrases, but I don't know much of these. But, I found one English that related to the above from my dictionary.
"The great fish eat up the small."
But, I like the dog eat dog.
Posted by: Ken Loo on April 19, 2003 04:27 PM
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