By the bark
I’m not a huge fan of the bark
It's easy. You could tell by its bark.
They lost their bark!
It’s just like a pet dog, only the bark is quieter.
A Collie-flower
"Some plants," said the teacher, "have the prefix 'dog.' For instance, there is the dogrose, the dogwood, the dogviolet. Now name another plant prefixed by 'dog'."
"I can," shouted one of the students, "Collieflower!"
I was volunteering at a tree-identification event at a local park with about 15 people from work when I chimed in on the following exchange.
Leader: Alright, we've identified a couple of types of maplewood. Can anyone tell me what kind of tree THIS is? (points to a tree)
Someone: is it... it's a Dogwood?
Leader: Very good! Can anyone tell us how we know that it's a Dogwood?
Me: Because of its... bark.
Everyone: groans into laughter
I took a bow (or bough).
For reference, I live in Virginia. Our state tree is the dogwood.
"There's a lot of our state tree growing wild here."
"I hear that its bark is worse than its bite."
By its bark
By its Bark
By the Bark.
By it's bark.
