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English
Etymology
From the verse/song by Noel Coward: "Mad dogs and Englishmen / Go out in the midday sun."
Noun
mad dogs and Englishmen pl (plural only)
- To express that it is very hot weather.
Only mad dogs and Englishmen would go out in this heat!
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