buy a dog and bark oneself

Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)To do something that one hashiredsomeone else to do.2009,QFinance: The Ultimate Resource,→ISBN, page412:Don'tbuy a dog and bark yourself. Corporate sales are complex and risky. Appoint experienced advisers and get them to manage the process under your I Information.2013, Patrick Taylor,Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor: An Irish Country Novel,→ISBN:"Me, cook?" Berties lip curled. "I've Flo. You don'tbuy a dog and bark yourself. Why'd you want to know that anyway?”2016, Helen Callaghan,Dear Amy,→ISBN, page164:"We could indeed," I said, "but I'm left wondering why you'dbuy a dog and bark yourself. What are you up to?"2016, Douglas Board,Choosing Leaders and Choosing to Lead,→ISBN:A large board doing its own selection is notbuying a dog and barking itself, it is hiring a surgeon and operating itself.

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