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mad dogs and Englishmen en · NOUN

Etymology

From the verse/song by Noel Coward: "Mad dogs and Englishmen / Go out in the midday sun."

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) To express that it is very hot weather.
    • Only mad dogs and Englishmen would go out in this heat!