Chinese has many idiomatic phrases involving dogs. Many also refer to chickens, and although this is doubtless because the chicken and the dog are the most typical and representative of the domestic fowl and animals, it also reflects the fact that the chicken and dog are adjacent in the sequence of the 12 zodiac animals.
與狗有關的成語不少，有的涉及雞犬，固然因為雞、犬同屬家禽、家畜的代表，但也反映了他們在生肖中相連的因素。