man's best friend

Fig. a dog; dogs in general. Man's best friend just peed all over my shoes!

a dog A study of man's best friend shows that the relationship between humans and dogs started 100,000 years ago.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Haniyah	-	Arabic
Toribio	to-REE-byo	Spanish
Ramsay	-	Scottish
Apphia	AF-ee-ə (English), AP-fee-ə (English)	Biblical
Rens	-	Dutch
Magnus	MAHNG-nus (Swedish), MAG-nəs (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman