/ˈfaɪt laɪk ˈkæt ən ˈdɒɡ/
English idiom, informal. Two people who are always arguing.
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Informal, used about siblings, couples or coworkers who argue all the time: “Those two fight like cat and dog.” British English prefers the singular “cat and dog”, American English “cats and dogs”. It’s usually about quarreling, not real fist fights.
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Fight like cat and dog
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They fight like cat and dog.
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They fight like cats and dogs.
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Where does Fight like cat and dog
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English Wiktionary gives no origin, and none is recorded. The simile borrows the old idea that cats and dogs are natural enemies, which anyone who has seen a dog chase a cat up a tree will recognize.
Mistakes learners make with Fight like cat and dog
Learners swap the order to “dog and cat” because other languages put the dog first (French “chien et chat”). In English it’s cat first.
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