call hogs

To snore. The last time I shared a room with Grandpa, my ears were ringing in the morning because he called hogs all night long!

call hogs

Rur. to snore. I couldn't sleep at all last night, with Cousin Joe calling hogs in the next room. Joe calls hogs so loud the windows rattle.

call hogs

tv. to snore really loudly. Mike was calling hogs all night long and I got hardly a wink of sleep.

See also: call, hog

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

drive (one's) pigs to market
go on for an age
go on for ages
saw wood
hold forth
go strong
behind (one's) time
behind time
be as deaf as a post
go non-linear

References in periodicals archive

Somebody to call hogs, tame cantankerous machinery, come home hungry, have to wait lunch until his wife's done feeding visiting ladies and tell the ladies to be sure and come back real soon -- and mean it." So God made a farmer.

Paul Harvey's 'So God Made A Farmer' Speech Goes Viral During Super Bowl 2013 [VIDEO/FULL TEXT]

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释义	call hogs call hogs To snore. The last time I shared a room with Grandpa, my ears were ringing in the morning because he called hogs all night long! See also: call, hog Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. call hogs Rur. to snore. I couldn't sleep at all last night, with Cousin Joe calling hogs in the next room. Joe calls hogs so loud the windows rattle. See also: call, hog McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. call hogs tv. to snore really loudly. Mike was calling hogs all night long and I got hardly a wink of sleep. See also: call, hog McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: drive (one's) pigs to market go on for an age go on for ages saw wood hold forth go strong behind (one's) time behind time be as deaf as a post go non-linear References in periodicals archive Somebody to call hogs, tame cantankerous machinery, come home hungry, have to wait lunch until his wife's done feeding visiting ladies and tell the ladies to be sure and come back real soon -- and mean it." So God made a farmer. Paul Harvey's 'So God Made A Farmer' Speech Goes Viral During Super Bowl 2013 [VIDEO/FULL TEXT]
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