dog's life

A miserably unhappy existence, as in He's been leading a dog's life since his wife left him. This expression was first recorded in a 16th-century manuscript and alludes to the miserable subservient existence of dogs during this era. By the 1660s there was a proverb: "It's a dog's life, hunger and ease."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Uriasz	UWR-yahsh	Polish
Daugherty	['dɔ:eti:]
Tyra	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Hartley	['ha:tli]
Ryanne	rie-AN	English (Rare)
Aleksandr	ah-lyek-SAHNDR (Russian), ah-leek-SAHNDR (Russian)	Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian