dog my cats | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Used as a mild oath, or as an expression of astonishment1884December 10,Mark Twain[pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens],The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade)[…], London:Chatto & Windus,[…],→OCLC:Why,dog my cats, they must a ben a house-full o' niggers in there every night for four weeks to a done all that work, Sister Phelps.1906,O. Henry,The Four Million:"I began to feel sorry for Hubby,dog my catsif I didn't."Buffalo Bill Cody: "Dog my cats"—Preston Sturgis, "Annie Oakley", 1935Salesman: "Well,dog my cats!"—Moroni Olsen, "Christmas in July", 1940Joe Ross: "Dog my catsindeed"—David Mamet, "The Spanish Prisoner", 1997Marshall Eriksen: "Well,dog my cats..."—Jason Segel, "How I Met Your Mother", 2010

Examples:

EN: Well, dog my cats!
ES: Que me parta un rayo.
EN: Why, dog my cats, in exactly two weeks and four days, the Buffalo Bill Wild West show will be putting on the dad-bustedest parade up Fifth Avenue that was ever gawked at by man or critter.
ES: Dentro de dos semanas y tres días, la compañía de Buffalo Bill... instalará el mayor espectáculo... en la Quinta Avenida de Nueva York.
EN: Well, dog my cats.
ES: ¡Que me parta un rayo!
ES: ¡Vaya!
ES: Vaya, la mala suerte nos persigue.
ES: Quién lo iba a decir.
ID: Ya, ampun!
EN: My, my, well, dog my cats, that's a mighty pretty hat you got on.
ES: Caray, hay que ver, menudo sombrero lleva.
EN: Well, dog my cats. You know, Mrs. Drysdale was just telling us... about how the French was the best at finishing a gal out.
ES: Bueno, caramba, usted sabe que La señora Drysdale nos habló justamente... de que los franceses son los mejores en esas cosas.
EN: "An issue piece. " Well, dog my cats!
ES: "Un tema social" . ¡Vaya, hombre!
EN: WeII, dog my cats.
ES: La madre del cordero.
EN: You dog my cats.
ES: ¿Dios te mostró esto en esa máquina de edición?
EN: Well, dog my cats, what a the chances?
ES: Santo cielo, ¿cuáles son las probabilidades?
ID: Well, apa ini kesempatan?
EN: "An issue piece." Well, dog my cats!
ID: "Tajuk peristiwa". Astaga.

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