Bu kendi yaptığım bir köpek kulübesidir.
- This is a doghouse of my own making.
Bu, kendi yaptığım köpek kulübesidir.
- This is the doghouse that I made myself.
Bu köpek kulübesini kendi başıma yaptım.
- I built this doghouse by myself.
Bu köpek kulübesini tek başıma yaptım.
- I made this doghouse by myself.
During the slave trade, slaves were packed into every available niche aboard the slave ships, including the officers' cabins. The officers slept on deck in semi-cylindrical boxes, nicknamed dog houses. The term in the dog house grew to describe being in a difficult situation due to the extreme discomfort of sleeping in these boxes.
A rotary rig could have drilled that much in a day. Oscar had been here a month. He kept a careful log on the doghouse wall.
But, honey, whar yo' ole man gwine ter sleep? Dey's straw in de barn, en pine shatters in de doghouse! she shouted, slamming the window.
He forgets his anniversary, he's in the doghouse, but he pulls out of it with a romantic (i.e. expensive) dinner.