that dog don’t hunt


an obviously faulty endeavor; also as ~ /won’t hunt/, predictive of failure.
no go, non-starter
as he faced the blank stares of the members following his proposal, someone whispered offcamera, “well. that dog don’t hunt.”
pseudo-country-b-mpkin wisdom uttered in response to news item or rumor designed to scandalize a political opponent.

the idea is that the rumor is either very easily refuted or is unimportant to the public, and thus is as worthless as a dog who won’t hunt.
bush is trying to spread rumors about kerry’s vietnam record but that dog won’t hunt.
1. a way of saying a particular man is a h-m-s-xual, wimp or sissy. used by the bush administration in the campaign against kerry by using a picture of a fox hound wearing a tutu with the caption “that dog don’t hunt,” referring to the eventual state of the nation if kerry had won.

2. a way of saying you or someone else is not interested in a particular activity.
joe: i heard you were going to go rock climbing with jim tomorrow.

rick: uh uh, that dog don’t hunt.

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