Sens: ate like a pig

a mangé comme un porc, a trop mangé; a tout ingurgité

pig Idiome

a pig in a poke

a risk, a gamble, taking a chance (see take a chance) If you don't test drive the car, you're buying a pig in a poke.

buy a pig in a poke

buy something without seeing it or knowing if it will be satisfactory You shouldn

even a blind pig can find an acorn

if you keep looking and trying you may succeed

happy as a pig in shit

very happy, contented """Does Caleb like farm life?"" ""He's happy as a pig in shit."""

in a pig

hardly, unlikely, not so In a pig

in a pig's ass

not true, unbelievable, bull, full of it You wrote War and Peace? In a pig's ass!

pig

police, cop, flatfoot, fuzz "Rocky says, ""There was pigs on every corner. We couldn't move."""

pig in a poke

something accepted or bought without looking at it carefully The stereo system he bought was a pig in a poke. He has no idea if it will work well.

pig out

eat a lot, fill your face Then we went to the Dairy Queen and pigged out on soft ice cream.

piggy bank

glass or porcelain pig used for saving coins The little girl was counting the money in her piggy bank.

piggyback

carried on someone's back, riding on someone's back Jurgen loved to ride piggyback when his dad walked in the park.

bleed like a stuck pig

to bleed profusely

couldn't stop a pig in an alleyway

having bow legs. Occasionally heard as couldn't stop a pig in a ginnel, - a Midlands/Northern variation whereby ginnel is dialect for alleyway

pig/pork out

1. to die
2. to overeat massively, ext. as pig out on (a food or drink)

serve as a guinea pig

Idiom(s): serve as a guinea pig

Theme: TEST - EXPERIMENT

[for someone] to be experimented on; to allow some sort of test to be performed on someone.
• Try it on someone else! I don't want to serve as a guinea pig!
• Jane agreed to serve as a guinea pig. She'll be the one to try out the new flavor of ice cream.

Be on the pig's back

If you're on the pig's back, you're happy / content / in fine form.

Cat among the pigeons

If something or someone puts, or sets or lets, the cat among the pigeons, they create a disturbance and cause trouble.

Eat like a pig

If some eats like a pig, they either eat too much or they have bad table manners.

Guinea-pig

If you are a guinea-pig, you take part in an experiment of some sort and are used in the testing.

Make a pig's ear

If you make a pig's ear of something, you make a mess of it.

Pigs might fly

If you think something will never happen or succeed, you can say that 'pigs might fly' (or 'pigs can fly' and 'pigs will fly'- the idiom is used in many forms)

Put lipstick on a pig

If people put lipstick on a pig, they make superficial or cosmetic changes, hoping that it will make the product more attractive.

Stool pigeon

(USA) A stool pigeon is a police informer.

Sweat like a pig

If someone is sweating like a pig, they are perspiring (sweating) a lot.

Throw pearls to the pigs

Someone that throws pearls to pigs is giving someone else something they don't deserve or appreciate. ('Throw pearls before pigs' and 'Cast pearls before swine' are also used.)

When pigs fly

Meaning you will not get something when you want it or someone doesn't want something for you. say you are selling an item and some one doesn't want it. they might say 'I'll buy it when pigs fly'. it just means you will never get someone to say yes to you when you ask for something.

put the cat among the pigeons

cause trouble: "Don't tell her about your promotion - that will really put the cat among the pigeons."

play piggy in the middle

be caught between two sides of an argument: "Because they aren't talking, I've been playing piggy in the middle."

make a pig's ear of something

make a complete mess of something: "You've made a right pig's ear of this. Let me do it!"

pigs might fly!

something is as unlikely as pigs being able to fly: "Do you think the government will cut taxes?" "Pigs might fly!"

clay pigeon|clay|pigeon

n., slang, informal 1. A popular target at practice shooting made of clay and roughly resembling a pigeon; an easy target that doesn't move. All he can shoot is a clay pigeon. 2. A person who, like a clay pigeon in target practice, is immobilized or is in a sensitive position and is therefore easily criticized or otherwise victimized. Poor Joe is a clay pigeon. 3. A task easily accomplished like shooting an immobile clay pigeon. The math exam was a clay pigeon.

in a pig's eye|eye|pig|pig's eye

adv., slang

make a pig of oneself|make|pig

v. phr., informal To overindulge; eat too much. Mary said, "This dessert is so delicious that I am going to make a pig of myself and have some more."

pig in a poke|in a poke|pig|poke

n. phr. An unseen bargain; something accepted or bought without looking at it carefully. Buying land by mail is buying a pig in a poke: sometimes the land turns out to be under water.

pig out|pig

v. phr. 1. To eat a tremendous amount of food. "I always pig out on my birthday," she confessed. 2. To peruse; have great fun with; indulge in for a longer period of time. "Go to bed and pig out on a good mystery story," the doctor recommended.

pigeonhole

n. 1. Small compartment for internal mail in an office or a department. "You can just put your late exam into my pigeonhole," said Professor Brown to the concerned student. 2. One of the small compartments in a desk or cabinet. He keeps his cufflinks in a pigeonhole in his desk.

piggy bank|bank|piggy

n. A small bank, sometimes in the shape of a pig, for saving coins. John's father gave him a piggy bank.

piggy-back|back|piggy

adj. or adv. Sitting or being carried on the shoulders. Little John loved to go for a piggy-back ride on his father's shoulders. When Mary sprained her ankle, John carried her piggy-back to the doctor.

pigheaded

adj. Stubborn; unwilling to compromise. "Stop being so pigheaded!" she cried. "I, too, can be right sometimes!"

stool pigeon|pigeon|stool

n. A criminal who informs on his associates. The detective was able to solve the crime mainly through information obtained from a stool pigeon.

there is more than one way to get a pig to market|

There are always new and different ways to accomplish a difficult task.

A proverb. "'How did you get Tommy to study so hard?" Eleanor asked. "I simply disconnected the television set," Tommy's mother answered. "There's more than one way to get a pig to market."

clay pigeon

clay pigeon
A person easily duped or taken advantage of, as in You're a clay pigeon for all of those telephone fund-raisers. The term alludes to the clay pigeon of trapshooting, which replaced the use of live birds in this sport in the 1860s. Its transfer to figurative use in the first half of the 1900s probably is explained by the much older slang use of pigeon for “dupe.” Also see fall guy.

in a pig's eye

in a pig's eye
Under no condition, not at all, as in In a pig's eye he'll pay me back, or You think he's competent? In a pig's eye! This expression, a euphemism for in a pig's ass, is generally used as a strong negative. [Slang; late 1800s]

like pigs in clover

like pigs in clover
Extremely contentedly, as in They had a handsome pension and lived like pigs in clover. This expression alludes to pigs being allowed to eat as much clover, a favorite food, as they wish. It appeared in the Boston Gazette of January 7, 1813: “Canadians! then in droves come over, And live henceforth like pigs in clover.” [Early 1800s]

make a pig of oneself

make a pig of oneself
Overeat, as in I really made a pig of myself at the buffet. [Colloquial; 1940s] Also see pig out.

pig it

pig it
Live in a slovenly way, as in Ten roommates shared that small house, and as you might guess they were pigging it. [Slang; late 1800s]