the dog ate my homework

15:59 Dec 14, 2009
English to Latin translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: the dog ate my homework
a phrase - humorously used as an excuse for failing to do one's schoolwork
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5canis exercitationem meam edit
Joseph Brazauskas


  

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canis exercitationem meam edit


Explanation:
Or 'exercitationes meas', if the homework was in multiple parts. An 'exercitatio' is any kind of practice, but sometimes refers to 'homework' in the contemporary sense in classical Latin, especially to homework of a literary/rhetorical nature.

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