What are the origins of the saying ‘let the dog see the rabbit’?

Question

What are the origins of the saying ‘let the dog see the rabbit’?

Answer 1

It comes from hare coursing originally.  That is a 'sport' where greyhounds are used to chase and kill hares.  The dog couldn't chase if it didn't see its prey, so it has come to mean 'get out of the way'.

In the past some trainers would get a live rabbit and throw it down in front of a young dog to give it a taste for blood, and the chase.  But that isn't where the phrase came from.

Answer 2

It goes back to the days when a dog needed to see the rabbit.  Now they just chase them in console games.

Answer 3

Hare coursing

Answer 4

Its another way of telling some one to get out of the way.   IE. If your the chief engineer and some one is taking to long to do the job as they are not shore of what they are doing he showes them how

Answer 5

Idioms.

http://www.idiomsite.com/

http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html

http://www.idiomconnection.com/

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/

http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorn...

Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/id...

Answer 6

It's like" let me get a better look at it, give me a chance"