Tell Them Where The Dog Died Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Tell Them Where The Dog Died Idiom mean?

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Tell them where the dog died What does Tell them where the dog died mean?	If you tell them where the dog died, you strongly and sharply correct someone.
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Tell Them Where The Dog Died Idiom