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Dog Bark Expression Means Task There’s Reason Wife

Phrase/Idiom why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Definition This expression means that if someone or something can do a task for you, there’s no reason to do it yourself.
Example My wife has an electric mixer but she continues to make cakes by hand. Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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