Most expressions in Chinese about the dog, for example, "a homeless dog", "a mad dog", "a running dog" and "a dog catching a mouse", have bad meanings.

中文中关于狗的大多数表达，如“流浪狗”、“疯狗”、“走狗”和“狗抓老鼠”，都有不好的含义。

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He flung himself into the nearest seat, and on my approaching hurriedly to ascertain if she had fainted, he gnashed at me, and foamed like a mad dog, and gathered her to him with greedy jealousy.

他投身到最近处的椅子上，我赶忙走上前看看她是不是昏迷了，他就对我咬牙切齿，像个疯狗似的吐着白沫，带着贪婪的嫉妒神色把她抱紧。

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Ancient Romans, it seems, believed that the bite of a mad dog could only be cured by burning the dog's hair and drinking it with water.

古罗马人似乎相信，被疯狗咬了以后，只能烧掉那只狗身上的毛，加在水里喝下去，才会治好。

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Michael (Mad Dog) Harris, a 60-year-old general contractor from Phoenix, flies to matches with his wife, Suzanne (Ramblin' Rose), in their Piper Aztec.

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But the prosecutor, whose hard-charging courtroom demeanor once earned him the nickname "Mad Dog" but is now known affectionately as "Snuffy, " denied that he derived any personal satisfaction from Jackson's latest legal quandary.

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