I was sitting in the living room Sunday night reading when I looked down to see this sight on the floor just in front of my chair. That's blind and wobbly Briggs the Beagle with his face pressed under blind Madison's head. Both were sleeping soundly. When I saw this, the expression "cheek by jowl" came immediately to mind. Then I thought, what an odd expression that actually is. So I looked it up here and also noticed that Merriam-Webster says the first known use of the idiom was in 1577.
And that's not an optical illusion in the photo above. Briggs really does have his entire face buried under Madison's head — this was the actual view from my chair:
It occurred to me that "snout by cheek" might be a more appropriate expression. First known use of this idiom: 2010.
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Still 2nd place!
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It was thanks to all of your amazing votes that we won the $20,000 Grand Prize in the final Shelter Challenge of 2009, and we came in fourth nationwide in the first Shelter Challenge earlier this year, winning $3,000. So this is serious money and can really make a difference for our disabled animals! Please help us win this round of the contest by voting every day, and by encouraging your family, friends and colleagues to vote every day, too. Thank you!
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