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In SAO Progressive (2nd movie), Asuna and Kirito are arguing, and Kirito asks
Argo to weigh in. Argo responds "犬｛いぬ｝も食｛く｝わない物｛もの｝に関｛かか｝わる気｛き｝はないよ～", which
is officially translated as "Don't pull me into your couple's quarrel." And
then Kirito and Asuna, in tandem, react stunned/indignant seemingly at being
called a "couple" (asuna says "へーッ？！" [translated as "Huh?"], and kirito says
"いぬ？！" [which gets translated as "Couple?"]).

Clip: <https://i.imgur.com/sGvYSbf.mp4>

[![Couple's Quarrel
image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/50epx.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/50epx.png)
[![Indignant to being called
couple](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yx91f.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yx91f.png)

But here's the thing: the actual phrase doesn't seem to be coded to references
couples in particular to me. To also throw a weird wrench into the mix,
[jisho.org says](https://jisho.org/search/inumokuwanai) that it simply refers
to something that everyone would avoid/dislike, but then goes on to use, as an
example, a lover's spat.

So I'm wondering: is a lover's spat something that's strongly coded
into/implied by the expression, or can it be used much more widely, and
doesn't particularly imply a lover's spat?
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meaning expressions anime connotation
犬{いぬ}も食{く}わない having a connotation of getting involved in a lover's spat?
Some monolingual dictionaries (e.g. 三省堂国語辞典 第八版) list 夫婦げんかは犬も食わない as an
idiom, and this is where 犬も食わない is used almost exclusively other than about
foods.
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