# sick as a dog.....

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 19, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-as-a-dog/104444 "2002-04-19T01:57:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![PatTheMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@PatTheMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatTheMan)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-as-a-dog/104444/1 "2002-04-19T01:57:12Z")

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a simple question, where did the saying sick as a dog from?? thanks

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-as-a-dog/104444/2 "2002-04-19T02:28:34Z")

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Michael Quinion runs one of the better researched etymology sites out there.

Read his explanation [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sic1.htm](http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sic1.htm)

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-as-a-dog/104444/3 "2002-04-19T04:03:13Z")

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My wife is a flight attendant. Recently, she had a seeing-eye dog get sick on one of her flights. She said that she learned first hand what the saying “sick as a dog” meant.

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**Author:** ![PatTheMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@PatTheMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatTheMan)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-as-a-dog/104444/4 "2002-04-20T02:34:32Z")

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thanks for clearing that up