manger : Idioms & Phrases


A dog in the manger

  • an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him.
Webster 1913

dog in the manger

  • noun someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for
WordNet

To live at rack and manger

  • to live on the best at another's expense. Colloq.
Webster 1913