fit as a butcher's dog
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fit as a butcher's dog
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Based on the assumption that a butcher's dog is likely to be well fed because of the ready supply of its master's meat.
adjective
- Very fit; in good shape. This time not only is Gooch as fit as a butcher's dog but England, through their efforts at Headingley and Lord's, are mentally attuned to the process of both winning and, crucially in the second match, not losing.
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