Script (guión): Idioms, ‘dog eared’. If something is dog eared it is in very bad condition, with scuff marks or rips and tears, usually you would use this to describe a book. I went to a record fair at the weekend to buy some records as I'm a record collector. I collect vinyl and I found this record by Fleetwood Mac that I really wanted, ‘Rumours’, it's a classic. Anyway it wasn't in the best condition it had a few creases and a slight tear in the corner so I said to the guy who worked there, ‘This looks a bit dog eared, do you think you can give me any discount.’