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Phrase(s): meaner than a junkyard dog (with fourteen sucking pups)
Rur. cruel; eager to fight. • Don’t mess with her. She’s meaner than a junkyard dog with fourteen sucking pups. • They say Jim’s meaner than a junkyard dog, but really, he’s a sweetheart.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs