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A euphemism used to avoid telling of your true destination, often in reply to an awkward question. In Great Britain, it is commonly used as a euphemism for going to the toilet.
--Why are you leaving the table? I'm going to see a man about a dog [mainly, if not always, used by men]. Cf. The female equivalent 'I'm going to powder my nose'. How many euphemisms are used in Greece for going to the toilet (itself a euphemism in origin) or are the Greeks generally less inclined to use euphemisms for this particular function?
--Why are you leaving the table? I'm going to see a man about a dog [mainly, if not always, used by men]. Cf. The female equivalent 'I'm going to powder my nose'. How many euphemisms are used in Greece for going to the toilet (itself a euphemism in origin) or are the Greeks generally less inclined to use euphemisms for this particular function?