black hog
The Irish shilling of 13 pence, as opposed to the English 'white hog' shilling of 12 pence
Pigs · Lợn 149
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bleed like a pig
To bleed profusely.
bleed like a stuck pig
to bleed profusely
blind pig
A blind tiger or speakeasy.
bush pig
A very ugly woman.
bánh da heo
(noun) A Vietnamese steamed layer cake made from tapioca starch, rice flour, mashed mung beans, taro, or durian, coconut milk and/or water, and sugar.
bánh da lợn
(noun) A Vietnamese steamed layer cake made from tapioca starch, rice flour, mashed mung beans, taro, or durian, coconut milk and/or water, and sugar.
cast pearls before swine
To offer something valuable to people who cannot appreciate it.
chim lợn
(noun) barn owl (specifically the Eastern barn owl)
chữa lợn lành thành lợn què
(verb) to try to "cure" a healthy pig and end up making it lame
cold pig
The act of throwing cold water over a sleeping individual to wake them.
common as pig tracks
Very common or frequently encountered; not at all rare.
crank the hog
To aggressively rev one's motorcycle at someone.
cá heo
(noun) dolphin
cú lợn
(noun) a barn owl
cứt lợn
(noun) Ageratum conyzoides
dish pig
A person employed to wash dishes at a restaurant or similar location.
drive one's pigs to market
To snore very loudly.
drunk as a sow
Thoroughly drunk.
drunk as David's sow
Thoroughly drunk.
eat like a pig
To chew noisily, with one's mouth open, especially while consuming large quantities greedily.
even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while
Synonym of even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while.
go the whole hog
Do something completely.
go to Putney on a pig
go to hell; be off with you
guinea pig
A professional company director, without time or real qualifications for the duties.
gấu lợn
(noun) sloth bear
heo
A pig — the Southern word; Northerners say lợn.
heo con
Little piglet — teasing-affectionate for someone who eats or sleeps adorably much.
heo quay
(noun) spit roast pig
heo rừng
(noun) wild boar
heo đất
(noun) piggy bank
hog
A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
hog island
Any poor town or out-of-the-way place.
hog town
Any poor town or out-of-the-way place.
hog up
To take up, grab or claim all of something.
hog waller
Any poor town or out-of-the-way place that is populated by hillbillies and their farm animals.
if pigs had wings, they would fly
Expresses skepticism toward a hypothetical argument by another.
in a pig's whisper
In a very short time; in a jiffy.
like a stuck pig
Like a pig or boar being slaughtered.
lợn
A pig — the Northern word; Southerners say heo. Compounds follow the split: thịt lợn in the North, thịt heo in the South.
lợn cợn
(adjective) coarse; lumpy
lợn lòi
(noun) wild boar
lợn rừng
(noun) wild boar
lợn đất
(noun) a porcelain piggy bank
on the hog train
Leading a life or an existence as a tramp or a vagrant, or traveling as such.
phóng lợn
(noun) a kind of spear
Pig and Tinderbox
The Elephant and Castle.
pig in a blanket
An uncircumcised penis.
pig it
To live slovenly, in squalor.
pig off
Go away; sod off.
pig out
To eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself.
pig yoke
A quadrant or sextant.
pig's eye
The ace of diamonds.
pig's whisper
A low or inaudible whisper.
pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered
Reasonable ambition or profit leads to gain, yet excessive greed or overreaching leads to ruin.
pigs might fly
Ironically expressing disbelief.
plastic pig
The Reliant Robin, a three-wheeled fibreglass car.
resource hog
A process which consumes a large amount of system resources compared to its importance or function.
resource pig
A resource hog.
rig pig
A worker on an oil rig; a roughneck.
seeley's pigs
Unused blocks of iron kept in government dockyards.
sow
A contemptible, often fat woman.
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
Alternative form of sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
Every decision has consequences; a person's actions will come back to them; if one starts trouble or takes actions in spite of the discontent they cause, one will incur negative consequences.
squeal like a stuck pig
Of a person, to utter loud, high-pitched squeals.
stare like a stuck pig
To be dumbstruck.
sweat like a pig
To sweat profusely; to produce a lot of perspiration.
swine
A "pig", variously — A police officer.
tantony pig
The favourite or smallest pig in the litter.
thick as pig shit
Extremely stupid.
thịt lợn kho
braised pork
thịt lợn muối
(noun) salt pork
thịt lợn muối xông khói
(noun) bacon
white hog
The English shilling of 12 pence, as opposed to the Irish 'black hog' shilling of 13 pence
a pig in a poke
A blind bargain. The refer- ence is to a common trick in days gone by of trying to palm off on a greenhorn a cat for a sucking-pig. If he opened the poke or sack he "let the cat out of the bag,'* and the trick was disclosed. The French chat en poche (from which the saying may have come) refers to the fact, while our proverb regards the trick. Pocket is diminutive of poke.
a pig's whisper
A very short space of time; properly a grunt — which doesn't take long.
a still sow
A cunning and selfish man ; one wise in his own interest; one who avoids talking at meals that he may enjoy his food the better. So called from the old proverb, "The still sow eats the wash" or "draff." We do not act that often jest and laugh, 'Tis old, but true, "Still swine eat all the draugh." Merry Wives of Windsor, iv, 2.
As drunk as David's sow
Very drunk indeed. To get the wrong sow by the ear. To capture the wrong individual, to take the wrong end of the stick, hit upon the wrong thing.
as you sow, so shall you reap
The consequences of one's actions to oneself are in proportion to one's good or bad intentions towards others.
as you sow, so you reap
You will be rewarded or punished according to your actions
ball hog
A player who dominates the ball, refusing to pass to teammates.
bartholomew pig
A very fat person. At Bartholomew Fair one of the chief attractions used to be a pig, roasted whole, and sold piping hot. Falstaff calls himself— A little tidy Bartholomew boar-pig.— 2 Henry IV, ii, 4.
bartholomew pigs
See BARTHOLOMEW. He has brought his pigs to a pretty market. He has made a very bad bargain; he has managed his business in a very bad way. Pigs were for long a principal article of sale with rustics, and till recently the cottager looked to pay his rent by the sale of his pigs.
couldn't stop a pig in a passage
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
crank one's hog
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
david’s sow
"as drunk as DAVID’S sow," i.e., beastly drunk. See origin of the phrase in Grose’s Dictionary.
do not cast your pearls before swine
Do not share valuable things with those who will not appreciate them
do not throw pearls to swine
Do not offer valuable things to those who will not appreciate them
frig pig
A trifling, fiddle-faddle fellow.
goodyer's pig
Like Goodyer's pig; never well but when in mischief.
guinea pigs
Habitual directors of public companies; special jurymen; and engineer officers doing civil duty at the War Office, and paid a GUINEA per diem.
happy as a pig in mud
Completely happy and content
happy as a pig in shit
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
high on the hog
Living a life of luxury and prosperity
hog
A shilling. To drive one's hogs; to snore: the noise made by some persons in snoring, being not much unlike the notes of that animal. He has brought his hogs to a fine market; a saying of any one who has been remarkably successful in his affairs, and is spoken ironically to signify the contrary. A hog in armour; an awkward or mean looking man or woman, finely dressed, is said to look like a hog in armour.
hog
A shilling.—Old Cant.
hog and hominy
Pork and maize, considered inferior food.
hog grubber
A mean stingy fellow.
hog heaven
A place or situation of great delight or pleasure
hog in armour
A person of awkward man- ners dressed so fine that he cannot move easily; perhaps a corruption of ''Hodge in armour." See HODGE.
hungry as a hog
Very hungry
if pigs had wings
something is highly unlikely to happen
in a pig's arse
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
in a pig's eye
something is unlikely or will never happen
in a pig's patoot
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
keep a pig
An Oxford University phrase, which means to have a lodger. A man whose rooms contain two bedchambers has sometimes, when his college is full, to allow the use of one of them to a Freshman, who is called under these circumstances a PIG. The original occupier is then said to KEEP A PIG.
lợn con
piglet
lợn nước
(noun) a hippopotamus
make a pig of oneself
To eat excessively or behave greedily
make a pig's ear of
To completely mess something up
make pigs and whistles of
to spoil or ruin something by adding too many unnecessary features
pig
A police officer. A China street pig; a Bow-street officer. Floor the pig and bolt; knock down the officer and run away.
pig
A mass of metal,—so called from its being poured in a fluid state from a SOW, which see.—Workman’s term.
pig and tinder-box
The vulgar rendering of the well-known tavern sign, "Elephant and Castle."
pig in a poke
Something bought or accepted without knowing its true value or nature
pig iron
Iron cast in oblong ingots now called pigs but formerly sows. Sow is now ap- plied to the main channel in which the molten liquid runs, the smaller branches which diverge from it being called pigs, and it is the iron from these which is called pig iron.
pig party
An orgy.
pig running
A piece of game frequently practised at fairs, wakes, &c. A large pig, whose tail is cut short, and both soaped and greased, being turned out, is hunted by the young men and boys, and becomes the property of him who can catch and hold him by the tail, above the height of his head.
pig's ear
Beer.
pigs and whistles
Trifles. To go to pigs and whistles is to be ruined, to go to the deuce.
pigs can fly
something is impossible
pigs in clover
People who have money but don't know how to behave themselves decently. Also, a game consisting of a box divided into recesses into which one has to roll marbles by tilting the box.
please the pigs
"Til come on Tuesday — please the pigs"; i.e. if circumstances permit.
prize pig
A person or thing considered exceptionally valuable or prized
put lipstick on a pig
To make something unattractive appear more appealing
road hog
A driver who takes up too much space on the road.
sow
A fat woman. He has got the wrong sow by the ear, he mistakes his man. Drunk as David's sow; see DAVID'S SOW.
sow
The receptacle into which the liquid iron is poured in a gun-foundry. The melted metal poured from it is termed PIG.
sow dragon's teeth
to create or provoke conflict
sow one's wild oats
To engage in reckless and irresponsible behavior, typically when young.
sow the seeds of
to create a situation that will lead to a particular result
Sow thin, shear thin. (Strauss, 1998 p. 1158)
Poor investment yields poor returns
Tantony Pig
The smallest pig of a litter, which, according to the old proverb, will follow its owner anywhere. So called in honour of St. Anthony, who was the patron saint of swine- herds and is frequently represented with a little pig at his side.
The Pig and Tinderbox
An old colloquial name for the Elephant and Castle public- house; in allusion to its sign of a pig-like
they that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind
Those who cause trouble will face much greater trouble
thịt lợn
pork
to cast pearls before swine
To give what is precious to those who are unable to under- stand its value: a biblical phrase (see Matt, yii, 6). If pearls were cast to swine, the swine would trample them under foot.
to go the whole hog
To dp the thing completely and thoroughly, without com- promise or reservation; to go the whole way. William Cowper says (Hypocrisy Detected, 1779) that the Moslem divines sought to ascertain which part of the hog was forbidden as food by the Prophet.
to pig together
To huddle together like pigs in a sty. To share and share alike, especially in lodgings in a small way; formerly it meant to sleep two (or more) in the same bed.
To send a sow to Minerva
To teach your grandmother how to suck eggs, to instruct one Spade
to sow dragons' teeth
To foment conten- tions; to stir up strife or war; especially to do something that is intended to put an end to strife but which brings it about later. The Philistines "sowed dragons* teeth" when they took Samson, bound him, and put out his eyes ; the ancient Britons did the same when they massacred the Danes on St. Bryce's Day, as also did the Germans when they robbed France of Alsace Lorraine.
to sow one's wild oats. (16th century)
to engage in reckless and promiscuous behavior, typically when young
to stare like a stuck pig
With open mouth and staring eyes, as a pig thaHs being killed ; in the utmost astonishment, mingled sometimes with fear.
useless as teats on a boar hog
Completely useless or without purpose
what you sow is what you reap
Consequences match actions
when pigs fly
something is extremely unlikely to happen
when the pig is proffered, hold up the poke
Inspect carefully before accepting something offered
wrestle with a pig
To engage in a struggle or argument that is dirty or unproductive
xem mặt mà bắt hình dong, con lợn có béo thì lòng mới ngon
One's appearance can be deceiving, judge by actual performance