Francine tells Arthur that her aunt's chameleon fled from the vet after climbing up on the wall and into a vent, through the grills, leaving him as a stray.

He may have to go to the vet if he isn't feeling better at all after his nap. He explains the troubles to Jane and David, who advise Arthur to let Pal rest. He suddenly collapses on his side, groaning. complains about Pal and wants to teach him a lesson.Īs Arthur is in his room playing with his toys, he finds Pal not looking so well. Pal only eats the wiener from the hot dog. still continue a tug-of-war over her hot dog, causing D.W. Arthur tries to command Pal to stop, but Pal and D.W. However, after she says 'Knock, knock!', Pal takes hold of D.W.'s food. Arthur explains the chewing of gummy candy to Pal, and then Arthur throws gummy balls into both their mouths.Īt lunch, Jane tries to warn Arthur about feeding Pal from his plate, but he claims he wasn't doing so. Arthur offers Pal some jelly worms that were from his Halloween candy bag. He asks if Pal is done with the page he's reading, and Pal barks, which Arthur takes as an agreement. For the rest of the morning, Arthur goes to his tree house with Pal to read a book. Jane explains to Arthur that Pal has his own food. One morning at breakfast, Arthur is feeding a few bites of his pancakes to Pal D.W. When he angrily calls Arthur's name, Arthur then turns to Pal and asks him if he wants to go for a walk. When David starts it up, water gushes out of the teeth marks and sprays into his face. Arthur scolds Pal for chewing four holes on it and tries fixing it on his own with duck tape.

Arthur had called out for Pal to stop, but Pal didn't until both he and Arthur found a guard dog that eventually chased after them.Īrthur then explains that Pal has also learned that David's garden hose is not a chewing toy. He remembers the time during a walk where Pal had tried to get in touch with another dog, but had run backwards and slipped out of his collar. instead.Īfter Arthur gives some playful commands to Pal, he explains to the viewers that Pal hasn't been his dog for very long, but already, he's learned many things from Arthur.Īrthur then mentions how Pal learned that he shouldn't slip out of his collar during a walk. Sick as a horse (when one is sick without the sensation of vomiting).When Pal gets sick, Arthur refuses to believe it has anything to do with all the snacks he's been feeding the dog and blames D.W.The phrase still reflects in a negative sense as it was intended back then. The first literary use of the expression is in 1705. Sick as dog refers to being so sick that one may feel like vomiting.

So much so that there are a lot of phrases which refer to them negatively. Origin Dog was considered an undesirable animal in the 17 th century. Going to that party would mean that you would drink to your heart’s content and come back to be as sick as a dog in the morning.No one likes being as sick as a dog, that is why it is important to take care of one’s self on a regular basis and eat with moderation.

He seemed to be as sick as a dog according to his friends.

You should not go to study with him today.

The phrase refers to being in a state that is very unpleasant.

Sick a dog