Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “have a dog in the fight“ and its meaning is “to have an interest/stake in a situation (conflict) and so will be affected by the end result (gain/lose) of it”.
Example Sentence: After the 2001 invasion the US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld demanded that George Bush “punish and get out”. Yet neither Bush nor Tony Blair listened. Instead they experienced a rush of blood to the head. They commandeered Nato, which had no dog in the fight, and began “nation building”, as if nations were made of Lego (a brand of construction toy consisting interlocked plastic bricks).
This phrase is present in The Guardian article It has taken 20 years to prove the invasion of Afghanistan was totally unnecessary and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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