The dog ate my homework Home The Lexicon The dog ate my homework Thumbnail Phrase or WordThe dog ate my homeworkDefinitionA comical excuse often used by students to explain missing work.LanguageEnglishTypeFaunamorphSubcategoryCaninesGrammatical SubcategorySayings/Similes/Aphorisms/Proverbs Previous itemBetter to be a dog in peacetime than a man in wartime Next itemYou can’t run with the hares and hunt with the hounds
