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Every Dog of War Has Its Day ... "
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The dogs of war is a phrase that refers to the chaos and havoc that accompanies war. It is a literary image that compares war to a pack of wild, uncontrollable dogs that are let loose from their leashes to pursue their prey. The phrase also has a second meaning of mercenary soldiers who fight for money rather than loyalty. The phrase is from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

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call the dogs off
1. Lit. to order hunting or watch dogs to abandon their quarry. They robber gave up and the guard called the dogs off. Call off the dogs!
2. Fig. to stop threatening, chasing, or hounding [a person]. Tell the sheriff to call off the dogs. We caught the robber. Okay, you've caught me! Please call your dogs off!

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Every dog has its day

Proverbs
The proverbs of John Heywood
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Every dog has its day'?
Every dog, and by implication every person, has a period of power or influence.

What's the origin of the phrase 'Every dog has its day'?
This phrase is recorded as being first uttered by no less a notable as Queen Elizabeth I. As Princess Elizabeth, in a letter to her brother and in response to his request for a picture of her, she wrote:

Notwithstanding, as a dog hath a day, so may I perchance have time to declare it in deeds.

This phrase is a rarity - it was first uttered by a queen.
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The letter was published by John Strype in Ecclesiastical Memorials, 1550. It appears that Elizabeth was merely quoting what was in her day already a well-known proverb, although no record of it has been found that pre-dates her writing it down.

John Heywood recorded the proverb in the 1562 edition of A Dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the Prouerbes in the Englishe tongue and Shakespeare used it in Hamlet, 1603:

Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew and dog will have his day.