Question of the Day #948

STOP DOING BUSINESS LIKE IT IS A “DOG EAT DOG” WORLD AND START SUCCEEDING

From the headline of this article at Rocks Digital.

  上記の文で、dog eat dogの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "dog eat dog" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

形容詞
食うか食われるかの、やるかやられるかの、私利私欲の、残酷な、自制のない、激烈な競争の

名詞
共食い、冷酷な仲間争い、骨肉相食む世界、情け容赦のない戦い、私利私欲の闘い、過当競争

   

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

Adj.
marked by destructive or ruthless competition; without self-restraint, ethics, etc.

Noun
marked by destructive or ruthless competition; without self-restraint, ethics, etc.

 

Examples

• It's a dog-eat-dog industry.
• In the film, business dog eat dog, you’re a star one day, the next day you’ve been replaced by younger talent.
• There's a lot of dog-eat-dog out there in the music industry, but there's a lot of love as well. - From WIRED
• I'm talking about the way large companies deal with each other, for example in technology it's a dog-eat-dog environment. - From Business Insider
• Several of the organic cotton farmers explained that their cooperative efforts involve less dog-eat-dog competition than those of conventional farmers. - From the Cambridge English Corpus

   

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