1. Mammifère (canidé) carnivore aux multiples races, caractérisé par sa facilité à être domestiqué, par une course rapide, un excellent odorat et par son cri spécifique, l'aboiement.
personne défendant avec ardeur les intérêts de quelqu'un, d'un groupe.
Familier. Chien de poche,
au Québec, personne qui en suit toujours une autre (ami, parent, etc.), de manière risible et parfois importune : Il est venu accompagné de son habituel chien de poche.
Familier. Chien de quartier, de caserne,
adjudant.
Familier. Chien du commissaire (de police),
son secrétaire.
Chien japonais,
chien de chasse répandu au Japon.
Familier. Chiens écrasés,
rubrique d'un journal consacrée à la collecte des petits faits divers.
Comme un chien,
le plus mal possible, dans les pires conditions.
Comme un jeune chien,
de façon étourdie.
Coup de chien,
tempête subite ; événement inattendu qui frappe brutalement.
En chien de fusil,
couché en repliant les jambes.
Entre chien et loup,
à la tombée du jour, au moment où on ne distingue plus les détails.
Être comme chien et chat,
se chamailler sans cesse.
Être d'une humeur de chien,
de très mauvaise humeur.
Garder, réserver à quelqu'un un chien de sa chienne,
déclarer qu'on se vengera, être très rancunier.
Mal de chien,
grand mal, difficulté extrême.
Mourir comme un chien,
mourir dans l'abandon ou sans avoir reçu les sacrements de l'Église.
Familier. Ne pas attacher son chien avec des saucisses,
être très regardant.
Ne pas donner sa part aux chiens,
tenir beaucoup à sa part ou à ses prétentions sur quelque chose.
Ne pas être bon à jeter aux chiens,
n'avoir aucun mérite.
Nom d'un chien !,
juron familier.
Littéraire. Rompre les chiens,
interrompre une conversation embarrassante.
Se regarder en chiens de faïence,
se regarder l'un l'autre d'un œil fixe et irrité, en silence.
rongeur des plaines d'Amérique du Nord, végétarien, vivant en colonies denses et dont le cri ressemble à un aboiement.
chien, chienne
adjectif et nom
De chien, précédé d'un nom, ou chien, chienne de, suivi d'un nom,
se dit par dépréciation, mépris, etc. ; très mauvais.
Citations avec chien
Alphonse Allais (Honfleur 1854-Paris 1905) Si l'homme est véritablement le roi de la création, le chien peut, sans être taxé d'exagération, en passer pour le baron, tout au moins. Pas de bile, Flammarion
Anonyme Vous êtes semblable au chien qui crie avant que la pierre ne lui soit tombée dessus. Vos resamblez le chien qui crie ainz que la pierre soit cheüe. Roman de Renart
Anonyme C'était un gentilhomme, ses chiens l'aimaient beaucoup. Gentis hons fu, moult l'amoient si chien. Chanson de geste
Jean Anouilh (Bordeaux 1910-Lausanne 1987) […] J'aurai beau tricher et fermer les yeux de toutes mes forces Il y aura toujours un chien perdu quelque part qui m'empêchera d'être heureuse La Sauvage, III, Thérèse , La Table Ronde
Honoré de Balzac (Tours 1799-Paris 1850) Quand il y a une vieille fille dans une maison, les chiens de garde sont inutiles. Pierrette
Bible Un chien vivant vaut mieux qu'un lion mort. Ancien Testament, Ecclésiaste IX, 4
Commentaire Citation empruntée à la Bible de Jérusalem.
Bible Comme le chien revient à son vomissement, le sot retourne à sa folie. Ancien Testament, Livre des Proverbes XXVI, 11
Commentaire Citation empruntée à la Bible de Jérusalem.
Bible Ne donnez pas aux chiens ce qui est sacré, ne jetez pas vos perles devant les porcs. Évangile selon saint Matthieu, VII, 6
Robert Burton (Lindley, Leicestershire, 1577-Oxford 1640) La lune se soucie-t-elle de l'aboiement d'un chien ? Doth the moon care for the barking of a dog ? The Anatomy of Melancholy, II
Jean Calvin de son vrai nom Cauvin (Noyon, Oise, 1509-Genève 1564) Ainsi en est-il des reliques : tout y est si brouillé et confus, qu'on ne saurait adorer les os d'un martyr qu'on ne soit en danger d'adorer les os de quelque brigand ou larron, ou bien d'un âne, ou d'un chien, ou d'un cheval. Traité des reliques
Nicolas Charlet (Paris 1792-Paris 1845) Ce qu'il y a de meilleur dans l'homme, c'est le chien. Légende d'une lithographie
Anatole François Thibault, dit AnatoleFrance (Paris 1844-La Béchellerie, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, 1924) Académie française, 1896 Songez-y, un métaphysicien n'a, pour constituer le système du monde, que le cri perfectionné des singes et des chiens. Le Jardin d'Épicure, Calmann-Lévy
Homère ( IXe s. avant J.-C.) Sac à vin ! il de chien et cœur de cerf ! L'Iliade, I, 225 (traduction P. Mazon)
Ignacy Krasicki (Dubiecko 1735-Berlin 1801) Bien qu'entouré d'amis sincères, le lièvre fut mangé par les chiens. Fables, les Amis
Abu Djafar al-Mansur ( ?-775) deuxième calife abbasside Affame ton chien, il te suivra ; engraisse-le, il te mangera. Sentence
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière (Paris 1622-Paris 1673) Jusqu'au chien du logis il s'efforce de plaire. Les Femmes savantes, I, 3, Henriette
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière (Paris 1622-Paris 1673) Qui veut noyer son chien l'accuse de la rage, Et service d'autrui n'est pas un héritage. Les Femmes savantes, II, 5, Martine
Talmud Sois plutôt la queue d'un lion que la tête d'un chien. Talmud, I, 10
André Tardieu (Paris 1876-Menton 1945) La politique du chien crevé.
Commentaire André Tardieu, en 1921, à la Chambre des députés, reprenant, disait-il, les mots d' un vieil ambassadeur, reprochait au ministre des Affaires étrangères Aristide Briand d'avoir la politique du chien crevé qui suit le fil de l'eau.
Peter Ustinov (Londres 1921-Bursins, Suisse, 2004) Nous jugeons qu'une vie de chien est approximativement le septième de celle d'un homme. Mais un président ne mérite même pas une vie de chien. We judge a dog's life as being roughly one seventh that of a man, But a president doesn't even deserve a dog's life. Romanoff and Juliet
Lequel de ces mots se termine par « llier » et non « ller » ?
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