mangers

[US]/'meɪn(d)ʒə/
[UK]/'mendʒɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. trough for animals to eat from; a dog in the manger; a person who occupies the pit but does not shit.

Example Sentences

On aime manger des desserts. Surtout les beignets au sucre.

to be born in a manger

to set up a manger scene

to place hay in the manger

to visit the manger in Bethlehem

to feed the animals in the manger

to kneel before the manger

a wooden manger for the livestock

to decorate the manger with festive lights

a baby sleeping peacefully in the manger

to hear the animals rustling in the manger

Real-world Examples

And sometimes they also put straw underneath the table cloths to represent the manger.

Source: Gourmet Base

Sometimes they put a lump of rock-salt in their horse's manger, that he may lick it whenever he likes.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Finally, not finding anything else in the manger, he tasted the hay.

Source: The Adventures of Pinocchio

16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

Source: Bible (original version)

This Christmas, Dad built a manger for my school's Christmas play.

Source: Elementary School Version December

You'd better be a dog in the manger.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Two)

Mary and Joseph are usually placed on either side of the manger.

Source: BBC Ideas

Somebody called him a dog in the manger.

Source: Pan Pan

What in hell's manger is wrong with you?

Source: Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2

I'm pretty sure everyone has had a manger or a… supervisor that's similar to this guy.

Source: EnglishPod 365

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