Dog days

//ˈdɒɡ deɪz//

"Dog days" in a Sentence (5 examples)

... a sterre, wherof canicular or dogge days be named Dies caniculares.

Dog days bright and clear Indicate a good year; But when accompanied by rain, We hope for better times in vain.

Why ſhould thoſe Eteſian and Eaſterne winds blow cōtinually in ſome places, at ſet times, one way ſtill, in the dog dayes only: heere perpetuall drought, there dropping ſhowres; [...]

The dog days of August have often spelled trouble for the world economy.

The two-cassette miniseries, produced by Oliver Stone, arrives in early August, in time to stir the dog days of summer rentals.

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