In English
“like cats and dogs (constantly quarrelling)”
Meaning
'Cat and dog' — the emblem of two who don't get along, forever squabbling, like English 'fighting like cats and dogs'. Proverb leans on the pair: they don't share the same luck, and a cat has no business in a dog fight. Names any pair at constant odds.
Examples
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Dem two live like puss an dawg.
Those two live like cat and dog.
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Puss an dawg nuh hav di same luck.
Cat and dog don't have the same luck.
A proverb on unequal fortunes.
Origin
'puss' (cat) + 'an' + 'dawg' (dog). See [[puss]], [[dawg]].
How it’s used
Two who constantly quarrel; 'like cats and dogs'.