keep a dog and bark oneself
- keep a dog and bark oneself
"держать собаку, а лаять самому", т. е. выполнять работу своего подчинённого
‘What time is it?’ There was a clock right opposite him on the dining-room wall but Dover didn't believe in keeping a dog and barking himself. ‘Just nine, sir.’ (J. Porter, ‘Dover Two’, ch. XI, Suppl) — - Который час? Часы находились прямо напротив, на стене столовой. Но Довер считал, если держишь собаку, самому лаять незачем. - Уже девять, сэр.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
2006.
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