pig

1. informal A person regarded as gluttonous. Possibly offensive. I felt like such a pig after eating the entire tub of ice cream by myself. Every day I see so many pigs come in here and load their trays up with mounds of junk food.

2. informal An offensive term for a person who is considered fat or obese. I could hear them snickering that I was a pig as I struggled to fit between the turnstiles. I look like a pig. I really need to get to the gym and lose some weight.

3. informal A person regarded as slovenly, dirty, or disgusting. What are you, a pig? Clean up your work space and have a little bit of self-respect. My roommates are total pigs. They just leave their dirty clothes and dishes all over the apartment!

4. informal A person regarded as greedy, boorish, or contemptible. It was the pigs on Wall Street who got us into this financial mess. Can you believe the disgusting things he said during that interview? God, what a pig!

5. offensive slang A derogatory term for a police officer. You're more likely to get shot by the corrupt pigs in this town than any criminals on the streets. Someone gave away the location of our drug stashes to the pigs.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pig

1. n. someone who eats too much; a glutton. I try to cut down on calories, but whenever I see red meat I make a pig of myself.

2. n. an ugly and fat woman or man. Clare is a pig. Why doesn’t she lose a ton or two?

3. n. a dirty or slovenly person. Jimmy, change your clothes. Look at that mud, you little pig!

4. n. an officer; a police officer or a military officer. (Used mostly for a police officer. Widely known since the 1960s.) The pigs who aren’t in pig heaven are driving around in pigmobiles busting innocent people like me.

5. n. a Caucasian. (Black.) Why do those pigs think they can walk in here like that?

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

See:

(as) fat as a pig
(as) happy as a pig in clover
(as) happy as a pig in muck
(as) happy as a pig in mud
(as) happy as a pig in shit
(as) happy as a pig in slop
(as) sick as a pig
(male) chauvinist pig
a guinea pig
a pig in a poke
a pig of a (something)
a pig of a something
ain't fittin' to roll with a pig
as a pig loves marjoram
bleed like a (stuck) pig
bleed like a pig
bring (one's) pigs to market
bring your pigs to market
bush pig
buy a pig in a poke
don't buy a pig in a poke
drive (one's) pigs to market
eat like a pig
even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while
fat as a pig
guinea pig
happy as a pig in muck
hellpig
if pigs had wings
if pigs had wings, they would/could fly
If that don't beat a pig a-pecking!
in a pig's ass
in a pig's ear
in a pig's eye
In a pig's eye!
in a pig's whisper
in clover
in clover, to be/live
in soaped-pig fashion
know as much about (something) as a pig knows about Sunday
know no more about (something) than a pig knows about Sunday
like a greased pig
like a pig being led to (the) slaughter
like a pig in clover
like a pig on ice
like a pig to (the) slaughter
like pigs in clover
like pigs to the slaughter
like stealing acorns from a blind pig
like stink on a monkey/skunk/pig/etc.
lipstick on a pig
long pig
make a pig of (oneself)
make a pig of oneself
make a pig of yourself
make a pig's ear of
make a pig's ear of (something)
make a pig's ear of something
male chauvinist pig
MCP
not know any more about (something) than a pig knows about Sunday
on the pig's back
pig
pig heaven
pig in a blanket
pig in a poke
pig in a poke, to buy a
pig in the middle
pig it
pig out
pig out (on something)
pig/piggy in the middle
pigging it
pighead
pigheaded
pigmobile
pigs can fly
pigs might fly
put lipstick on a pig
Serve as a guinea pig
serve as a/(one's) guinea pig
sick as a pig
squeal like a stuck pig
sweat like a pig
when pigs can fly
when pigs fly
when pigs have wings
wrestle with a pig

References in classic literature

"This pig went to market, this pig stayed at home, "This pig had a bit of meat-- let's see what they have given US for dinner, Pigling?"

Then he pricked Pigling with the pin that had fastened his pig paper; and when Pigling slapped him he dropped the pin, and tried to take Pigling's pin, and the papers got mixed up.

Original Peter Rabbit Books

you seem so happy at your work.' 'Yes,' said the other, 'mine is a golden trade; a good grinder never puts his hand into his pocket without finding money in it--but where did you get that beautiful goose?' 'I did not buy it, I gave a pig for it.' 'And where did you get the pig?' 'I gave a cow for it.' 'And the cow?' 'I gave a horse for it.' 'And the horse?' 'I gave a lump of silver as big as my head for it.' 'And the silver?' 'Oh!

Fairy Tales

"My word," quoth Dag Daughtry, "you devil-devil along that fella pig too much.

Michael Brother of Jerry

The fat pigs have to go to the suitors, who eat them up without shame or scruple; but the blessed gods love not such shameful doings, and respect those who do what is lawful and right.

Odyssey

`I said pig,' replied Alice; `and I wish you wouldn't keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy.'

Alices Adventures In Wonderland

His conduct served only the more to infuriate the pigs. He broke off twigs and small branches and flung them down upon our enemies.

Before Adam

Too many heads you fella take; too much kai-kai long pig along you." (Long pig, meaning barbecued human flesh.)

Jerry of the Islands

At the last, with due emphasis, of solemnity and awfulness, he had killed a young pig with his shot-gun and promptly fainted.

The Red One

But now all that life-and-death fun was ended, and the Jungle People came up, starved and weary, to the shrunken river,--tiger, bear, deer, buffalo, and pig, all together,--drank the fouled waters, and hung above them, too exhausted to move off.

Second Jungle Book

`If he slap you, we ain't got no pig for pay the fine,' she said insinuatingly.

My Antonia

He also worked in the corn-fields, hoeing and husking; and he fed the pigs and milked the four-horned cow that was Mombi's especial pride.

The Marvelous Land of Oz

"I repeat, it was in my presence that he said a certain lady, whom none of you knows, was a pig. He did not say swine.

The Night Born

The fact of the matter was that some men were taking above six hundred pigs to sell at a fair, and were on their way with them at that hour, and so great was the noise they made and their grunting and blowing, that they deafened the ears of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and they could not make out what it was.

Don Quixote

"Her husband works hard too--raising prize pigs," said Miss Cornelia.

Annes House of Dreams

词组	pig
释义	pig pig 1. informal A person regarded as gluttonous. Possibly offensive. I felt like such a pig after eating the entire tub of ice cream by myself. Every day I see so many pigs come in here and load their trays up with mounds of junk food. 2. informal An offensive term for a person who is considered fat or obese. I could hear them snickering that I was a pig as I struggled to fit between the turnstiles. I look like a pig. I really need to get to the gym and lose some weight. 3. informal A person regarded as slovenly, dirty, or disgusting. What are you, a pig? Clean up your work space and have a little bit of self-respect. My roommates are total pigs. They just leave their dirty clothes and dishes all over the apartment! 4. informal A person regarded as greedy, boorish, or contemptible. It was the pigs on Wall Street who got us into this financial mess. Can you believe the disgusting things he said during that interview? God, what a pig! 5. offensive slang A derogatory term for a police officer. You're more likely to get shot by the corrupt pigs in this town than any criminals on the streets. Someone gave away the location of our drug stashes to the pigs. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. pig 1. n. someone who eats too much; a glutton. I try to cut down on calories, but whenever I see red meat I make a pig of myself. 2. n. an ugly and fat woman or man. Clare is a pig. Why doesn’t she lose a ton or two? 3. n. a dirty or slovenly person. Jimmy, change your clothes. Look at that mud, you little pig! 4. n. an officer; a police officer or a military officer. (Used mostly for a police officer. Widely known since the 1960s.) The pigs who aren’t in pig heaven are driving around in pigmobiles busting innocent people like me. 5. n. a Caucasian. (Black.) Why do those pigs think they can walk in here like that? McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See: (as) fat as a pig (as) happy as a pig in clover (as) happy as a pig in muck (as) happy as a pig in mud (as) happy as a pig in shit (as) happy as a pig in slop (as) sick as a pig (male) chauvinist pig a guinea pig a pig in a poke a pig of a (something) a pig of a something ain't fittin' to roll with a pig as a pig loves marjoram bleed like a (stuck) pig bleed like a pig bring (one's) pigs to market bring your pigs to market bush pig buy a pig in a poke don't buy a pig in a poke drive (one's) pigs to market eat like a pig even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while fat as a pig guinea pig happy as a pig in muck hellpig if pigs had wings if pigs had wings, they would/could fly If that don't beat a pig a-pecking! in a pig's ass in a pig's ear in a pig's eye In a pig's eye! in a pig's whisper in clover in clover, to be/live in soaped-pig fashion know as much about (something) as a pig knows about Sunday know no more about (something) than a pig knows about Sunday like a greased pig like a pig being led to (the) slaughter like a pig in clover like a pig on ice like a pig to (the) slaughter like pigs in clover like pigs to the slaughter like stealing acorns from a blind pig like stink on a monkey/skunk/pig/etc. lipstick on a pig long pig make a pig of (oneself) make a pig of oneself make a pig of yourself make a pig's ear of make a pig's ear of (something) make a pig's ear of something male chauvinist pig MCP not know any more about (something) than a pig knows about Sunday on the pig's back pig pig heaven pig in a blanket pig in a poke pig in a poke, to buy a pig in the middle pig it pig out pig out (on something) pig/piggy in the middle pigging it pighead pigheaded pigmobile pigs can fly pigs might fly put lipstick on a pig Serve as a guinea pig serve as a/(one's) guinea pig sick as a pig squeal like a stuck pig sweat like a pig when pigs can fly when pigs fly when pigs have wings wrestle with a pig References in classic literature "This pig went to market, this pig stayed at home, "This pig had a bit of meat-- let's see what they have given US for dinner, Pigling?" Then he pricked Pigling with the pin that had fastened his pig paper; and when Pigling slapped him he dropped the pin, and tried to take Pigling's pin, and the papers got mixed up. Original Peter Rabbit Books you seem so happy at your work.' 'Yes,' said the other, 'mine is a golden trade; a good grinder never puts his hand into his pocket without finding money in it--but where did you get that beautiful goose?' 'I did not buy it, I gave a pig for it.' 'And where did you get the pig?' 'I gave a cow for it.' 'And the cow?' 'I gave a horse for it.' 'And the horse?' 'I gave a lump of silver as big as my head for it.' 'And the silver?' 'Oh! Fairy Tales "My word," quoth Dag Daughtry, "you devil-devil along that fella pig too much. Michael Brother of Jerry The fat pigs have to go to the suitors, who eat them up without shame or scruple; but the blessed gods love not such shameful doings, and respect those who do what is lawful and right. Odyssey `I said pig,' replied Alice; `and I wish you wouldn't keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy.' Alices Adventures In Wonderland His conduct served only the more to infuriate the pigs. He broke off twigs and small branches and flung them down upon our enemies. Before Adam Too many heads you fella take; too much kai-kai long pig along you." (Long pig, meaning barbecued human flesh.) Jerry of the Islands At the last, with due emphasis, of solemnity and awfulness, he had killed a young pig with his shot-gun and promptly fainted. The Red One But now all that life-and-death fun was ended, and the Jungle People came up, starved and weary, to the shrunken river,--tiger, bear, deer, buffalo, and pig, all together,--drank the fouled waters, and hung above them, too exhausted to move off. Second Jungle Book `If he slap you, we ain't got no pig for pay the fine,' she said insinuatingly. My Antonia He also worked in the corn-fields, hoeing and husking; and he fed the pigs and milked the four-horned cow that was Mombi's especial pride. The Marvelous Land of Oz "I repeat, it was in my presence that he said a certain lady, whom none of you knows, was a pig. He did not say swine. The Night Born The fact of the matter was that some men were taking above six hundred pigs to sell at a fair, and were on their way with them at that hour, and so great was the noise they made and their grunting and blowing, that they deafened the ears of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and they could not make out what it was. Don Quixote "Her husband works hard too--raising prize pigs," said Miss Cornelia. Annes House of Dreams
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