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A hyperbolic distinction that only a blithering idiot could not make. Also ass from a hole in the ground, shit from shinola, can't fight his way out of a paper bag, dumb as a rock.
by octopod November 12, 2003
Get the ass from first base mug."I don't have a dog in that fight," means "I don't have a stake in the outcome." Not quite so strong as call somebody who gives a shit.
This expression is neo-Texan.
This expression is neo-Texan.
by octopod November 13, 2007
Get the dog in that fight mug.A bit from a comedy or other showbiz routine; by extension, any person's idiosyncratic performance. From Yiddish "shtick" = Ger. "stuck", meaning "piece."
I asked him for me $20 back, and he went into his usual shtick -- something about losing at pinochle.
by octopod January 23, 2004
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