Origin of "screw the pooch"?

[nq:1]Wondering if this NG is the right place to ask about the origin of idioms like the military slang "***** the pooch"?[/nq]
Now you've gone and wook up D. ****r ****s.

[nq:1]Wondering if this NG is the right place to ask about the origin of idioms like the military slang "***** the pooch"?[/nq]
*** has been more than adequately explored here before. is your friend.

[nq:1]Wondering if this NG is the right place to ask about the origin of idioms like the military slang "***** the pooch"?[/nq]
Okay, but you gotta be ready to deal with
thread drift.
Did anyone pick up that reference to "hide
the sausage" in the news recently? I can't
be bothered to go back and find it, but some
US government official apparently thought
it had some inn

[nq:1]Did anyone pick up that reference to "hide the sausage" in the news recently? I can't be bothered to go ... some innocuous meaning like "to conceal something", whereas I've only ever heard the phrase as a reference to sexual intercourse.[/nq]
Richard Armitage, the fellow who looks like Rod Steiger, told Australian reporters: "It's not as if anyone's playing hide the sausage. (They're) sp

[nq:2]Wondering if this NG is the right place to ask about the origin of idioms like the military slang "***** the pooch"?[/nq]
[nq:1]*** has been more than adequately explored here before. is your friend.[/nq]
...and they call it Puppy Love.
Mike M

[nq:2]Did anyone pick up that reference to "hide the sausage" ... ever heard the phrase as a reference to sexual intercourse.[/nq]
[nq:1]Richard Armitage, the fellow who looks like Rod Steiger, told Australian reporters: "It's not as if anyone's playing hide the ... earlier variants of this phrase dating back to 1918, including to hide the sausage ( weenie , etc.).[/nq]
See also "bury the

[nq:1]But "hide the sausage/salami" is an AmE expression, and was so originally. From the new OED draft entry for "salami" (Mar. 2003):[/nq]
Yes, it certainly is. Shows you the level at which this gentleman's mind works, I think.

Michael West
Melbourne, Australia

[nq:2]Wondering if this NG is the right place to ask about the origin of idioms like the military slang "***** the pooch"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Okay, but you gotta be ready to deal with thread drift. Did anyone pick up that reference to "hide the ... some innocuous meaning like "to conceal something", whereas I've only ever heard the phrase as a reference to sexual intercourse.[/nq]
Oh? Is that what

[nq:1]Wondering if this NG is the right place to ask about the origin of idioms like the military slang "***** the pooch"?[/nq]
I suppose much the same as the Australian "**** the sheep".

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.h

[nq:2]Wondering if this NG is the right place to ask about the origin of idioms like the military slang "***** the pooch"?[/nq]
[nq:1]I suppose much the same as the Australian "**** the sheep".[/nq]
Nothing explicit to do with copulation or canines. It is a euphemism (in the US military slang I remember) for a big mistake or major stupid move. As in, "You really screwed the pooch this time