Hello everybody,

I was searching about animals cruelty on internet, particularly about phrases on dog that we human take them in negatives sense. But unfortunately I happened to open on this They Talk about me like a dog. Obama said this while in his speech on US Economy. You can check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYw_17HPSRc.

I paid my attention and closed it after listening, but I didn't get properly Who talk about him like a dog. Whatever, but later I think what we human think of a DOG, it's a totally insult to the kingdom of Dog, what they think of us.

If anybody has knowledge about animals that we make fun of them or in negative sense please let me know. All comments would be greatly appreciated, as I'm using them in my writing. For example, man often kicks cat when their wife leave them alone at home. Even I don't like cat. Another is Donkey, we use them as Butt calling 'Ass'. Similarly, We use Rabbit's head with their ears up as symbol in Playboy Magazine. You may have understood, What I want to say.

Thanks for listening.

Michael

It depends on whether you mean literally or figuratively.

Literally it's cruel to carry round a lucky rabbit's foot because the rabbit it used to belong to is dead.

But figuratively, there are phrases like 'not enogh room to swing a cat': No-one would literally swing a cat round a room to check how large it is.
The phrase probably derives from swinging a 'cat-o-nine-tails' (a type of whip) on board a ship.

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