#SeeAManAboutADog November 12
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November 2026 several of us are going to take on the 30-Day Idiom Coach4aday Challenge. Each day we will identify a ‘Saying or Expression” and explore what its origins are. For Day 12 we explore the expression “SEE A MAN ABOUT A DOG”
Many of the expressions we use every day have fascinating histories, cultural connections, and lessons that remain relevant today. The goal of this challenge is to explore those.
Today’s idiom, “See a Man About a Dog,” is a variation of an expression I’m more familiar with: “See a Man About a Horse.” Whichever version you use, the message is essentially the same: it’s a polite, somewhat humorous way of excusing yourself from a conversation or explaining that you have something personal to attend to without sharing the details. In other words, it’s a clever way of saying, “Mind your own business!”
30-Day Idiom Coach4aday Challenge Guidelines
This challenge is not just limited to idioms but can include familiar sayings, expressions, clichés, proverbs, and colloquialisms.
How it works
- Share an expression, idiom, cliches, familiar sayings or even a colloquialism.
- Attempt to explain its origin and/or meaning
- Share it with others using the hashtag #Coach4adayChallenge
Day 12-See a Man About a Dog
During prohibition in the United States this phrase was most commonly used in relation to the going somewhere to consume or purchase of alcoholic beverages.
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