maggot

act the maggot

1. To behave comically or playfully, often to amuse others. Primarily heard in Ireland. If you continue to act the maggot, you're going to have to leave the classroom. Joe never acts the maggot—he's always so serious.
2. To behave irresponsibly or immaturely, especially in an environment where it is especially inappropriate. Primarily heard in Ireland. Don't let me catch any of you kids acting the maggot at the funeral. We finally get invited to a nice dinner party and you have to go and act the maggot—what's wrong with you?
See also: act, maggot

gag a maggot

To be strikingly or shockingly disgusting, unappealing, or unattractive. Oh, Lisa's a terrible cook. Any dish she makes would surely gag a maggot! His physique was remarkable, but unfortunately he was cursed with a face that would gag a maggot.
See also: gag, maggot

live like a maggot in bacon

To live a life of great ease, comfort, or luxury. The phrase comes from German. Jonathan has always lived like a maggot in bacon, pampered by his wealthy parents from a young age.
See also: bacon, like, live, maggot

maggot

A vile, lowly, or contemptible person. I'd rather quit my job than have to take orders from that maggot. Do your research before you level such ugly accusations, you maggot!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

act the maggot

behave in a foolishly playful way. Irish informal
See also: act, maggot
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

maggot

1. n. a cigarette. (Probably a play on faggot.) Can I bum a maggot off of you?
2. n. a low and wretched person; a vile person. You maggot! Take your hands off me!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • act the maggot
  • act the fool
  • act/play the fool
  • act/play the goat
  • act the goat
  • play the goat
  • do unto others
  • act (one's) age
  • act your age
  • Act your age!
References in periodicals archive
The patient said: "I went with the district nurse to apply maggot therapy, using maggots conveniently encased in a special net pouch, and after five days the wound was completely clean, revealing healthy, pink tissue."
Why maggots can be your best pals! In association with the NHS Present a container of maggots to most people and they would run a mile, but demand for maggot therapy has resulted in a wound care company appointing a specialist nurse to treat patients. LAURA CAROE finds out more
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs City Hospital and Sandwell General, import baby maggots from a specialist farm in Bridgend, Wales.
God's little surgeons help healing
Walsall-based Ron Nicholls pole-fished maggot over groundbait off peg 50 to top the match with 16-1-0.n n n n A string of ton-up weights made it a close-fought contest at the 24-peg Storey's Halesowen RBL event on the Swallow and Owl Pools at Monkhall Fisheries in Monkhopton, near Bridgnorth.
Wilson wins it as he brings home the bream
Effect of the substrate on the biomass and maggot size: The overall result of the mixed effects linear model revealed that the substrate had significantly influenced (F = 9.77; P=0.00134) the biomass of maggots.
SEED CAKE OF JATROPHA CURCAS (L.), POTENTIAL SUBSTRATE TO PRODUCE MAGGOTS AS FEED FOR REARED MONOGASTRIC ANIMALS
But the maggots keep coming back and the council just fob me off every time."
Maggot misery; MUM HITS OUT OVER FAILURE TO END HORROR INFESTATION
Veronica Nilson, 79, who lives on the ground floor, says she has to sweep maggots away from the hallway outside her apartment daily - but they keep coming back in their hundreds.
'Plague of maggots is making our lives a misery' FED-UP RESIDENTS AT THEIR WITS' END AFTER THREE YEARS OF INFESTATION
Search terms included maggot debridement therapy, larval therapy, Lucilia sericata, wound therapy, biotherapy, and conventional debridement.
Maggot debridement therapy: advancing to the past in wound care
The diner, who asked not to be named and has since put in an official complaint, said: "We got a table by the window and the food was nice but when we were halfway through the meal, maggots started falling on my head.
Grubs up... maggots fall out of the ceiling in Jamie's restaurant; Insects landed in shocked customer's meal
Owners must be vigilant as any early maggot infestation may be easily treated but this problem can progress within a matter of only a few hours and, when advanced, results in euthanasia being required.
When flies pose the greatest risk to our animals; corner vets
But ever since maggot therapy became a common practice [1], careful observers also noted other effects on the wounds: microbial killing (disinfection) and hastened wound healing (growth stimulation).
Mechanisms of maggot-induced wound healing: what do we know, and where do we go from here?
Doctors found a hole under a toe and a botfly maggot living in her body.
Docs found flesh-eating fly in my toe; SCARE
At least the apple wasn't overdosed with pesticides, much more of a risk to health than the odd maggot.
Pen points
As part of Caerphilly Round Table's "Fiesta Weekend" (May 23 to 24, 1970) a Loch Moat Maggot surfaced from the moat and scrambled on to the back of the lorry to join a carnival procession which toured around the town collecting for charity.
Loch moat maggot remembered
Following a challenging maggot clearing exercise in the operating theatre and subsequently in the intensive care unit, where they crawled out of his nose and mouth, the man was cleaned up and his injuries treated.
The importance of maggots in treatment of wounds