- like a pig
- greedy, sloppy, piggish
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
like a pig
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eat like a pig — If some eats like a pig, they either eat too much or they have bad table manners … The small dictionary of idiomes
sweat like a pig — If someone is sweating like a pig, they are perspiring (sweating) a lot … The small dictionary of idiomes
eat like a pig — informal to eat a lot, or to eat noisily and unpleasantly. Christine is one of those lucky people who can eat like a pig and still stay thin … New idioms dictionary
sweat like a pig — informal to sweat (= have liquid coming out of your skin) a lot. I was so nervous, I was sweating like a pig … New idioms dictionary
Eat like a pig — If some eats like a pig, they either eat too much or they have bad table manners … Dictionary of English idioms
bleed like a pig — ● bleed * * * bleed copiously … Useful english dictionary
sweat like a pig — very informal phrase to sweat a lot Thesaurus: sweating and sweathyponym Main entry: sweat * * * informal sweat profusely … Useful english dictionary
like a pig in shit — Phrs. Happy, contented … English slang and colloquialisms
pig — [pig] n. pl. pigs or pig [ME pigge, orig., young pig (replacing OE swin) < OE * picga, as in picgbread, mast, pig s food] 1. any swine, esp. the unweaned young of the thick bodied domesticated species (Sus scrofa): see HOG (sense 1) 2. meat… … English World dictionary
pig — (n.) probably from O.E. *picg, found in compounds, ultimate origin unknown. Originally young pig (the word for adults was swine). Another Old English word for pig was fearh, related to furh furrow, from PIE *perk dig, furrow (Cf. L. porc us pig,… … Etymology dictionary
