A jealous person gets a feeling of contentment by behaving like a dog in the manger even with his friends.
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Manger
//ˈmeɪn.d͡ʒɚ//
Synonyms for "manger" (17 found)
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77 translations across 50 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- koritë noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- lug noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κάπη noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- φάτνη noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Armenian
2 entries- կերատաշտ noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- մսուր noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Braj
1 entries- लड़ामनी noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Bulgarian
2 entries- храни́лка noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- ясли noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Catalan
1 entries- menjadora noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ئاخوڕ noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 槽 noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- 食槽 noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- 飼槽 /饲槽 noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- 馬槽 /马槽 noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Czech
2 entries- koryto noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- žlab noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Dutch
1 entries- kribbe noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Esperanto
2 entries- kripo noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- staltrogo noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Estonian
3 entries- küna noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- mold noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- sõim noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Finnish
2 entries- kaukalo noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- seimi noun (trough for animals to eat from)
French
1 entries- mangeoire noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Galician
4 entries- cambeleira noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- manxadoira noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- maseira noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- presebe noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Gamale Kham
1 entries- ताँद noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Georgian
1 entries- ბაგა noun (trough for animals to eat from)
German
2 entries- Krippe noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- Trog noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌰 noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Greek
2 entries- παχνί noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- φάτνη noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Gujarati
2 entries- ગભાણ noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- ગમાણ noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Hebrew
1 entries- אבוס noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Hindi
1 entries- लड़ामनी noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Hungarian
1 entries- jászol noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Icelandic
1 entries- jata noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Ingrian
1 entries- soimi noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Italian
1 entries- mangiatoia noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Korean
1 entries- 구유 noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Lao
1 entries- ຮາງຫຍ້າ noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Latin
2 entries- alveus noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- praesaepium noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Middle English
1 entries- manger noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- afir noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Northern Thai
1 entries- ᩁᩣ᩠ᨦᩉ᩠ᨿ᩶ᩣ noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- krybbe noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Kjrebb noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Polish
1 entries- żłób noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Portuguese
1 entries- manjedoura noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Romanian
1 entries- iesle noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Russian
2 entries- корму́шка noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- я́сли noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- jasle noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Shan
1 entries- ႁၢင်းဝူဝ်း noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Slovak
3 entries- hrant noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- koryto noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- válov noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Slovene
2 entries- jasli noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- korito noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Spanish
1 entries- pesebre noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Swedish
1 entries- krubba noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Tai Dam
1 entries- ꪭꪱꪉꪐ꫁ꪱ noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Thai
1 entries- รางหญ้า noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Turkish
1 entries- yemlik noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Ukrainian
3 entries- годівни́ця noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- жо́лоб noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- я́сла noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Walloon
3 entries- crepe noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- stamonire noun (trough for animals to eat from)
- stamonêye noun (trough for animals to eat from)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Knowing very well that his wife wanted to go to a movie, the husband, who was a dog in the manger, cooked up a scheme whereby they had to stay at home waiting for a certain visitor who was not expected to come.
Source: tatoeba (267330)
Four of my favorite Christmas carols are "Silent Night," "Joy to the World," "The First Noel" and "Away in the Manger."
Source: tatoeba (684586)
Don't be a dog in the manger.
Source: tatoeba (2865831)
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