From the Horse's Mouth
S01 E07: Dog Days
Episode 7 | 36sVideo has Closed Captions
If you think this phrase was made famous by Fido you’re barking up the wrong tree.
If you think this phrase was made famous by Fido you’re barking up the wrong tree. In this installment of From the Horse’s Mouth, find out about a super star of Roman times, three months of sizzling weather and how this idiom has come to dog us every summer.
From the Horse's Mouth
S01 E07: Dog Days
Episode 7 | 36sVideo has Closed Captions
If you think this phrase was made famous by Fido you’re barking up the wrong tree. In this installment of From the Horse’s Mouth, find out about a super star of Roman times, three months of sizzling weather and how this idiom has come to dog us every summer.
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Dog Days.
Turns out we've been griping about the weather from as far back as the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Ancient astronomers noticed when Sirius, the Dog Star, would rise just before the sun, the days were at their hottest.
Depending on latitude, this would make the hottest days of the year between July and August, the dog days of summer, and that is where the phrase dog days comes from.
