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you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig	You can try to change something or one's outward appearance, but it will not change the inward appearance. Even if you put lipstick on a pig, it will always roll in mud and grunt.	Rate it: (4.00 / 4 votes)
happy as a pig in slop/happy as a pig in shit	Extremely happy; obviously satisfied and carefree.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
couldn't stop a pig in a passage	Bow-legged.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
fat as a pig	Exceptionally fat. Fat to the extent of resembling a pig. Morbidly obese.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
male chauvinist pig	sexist man	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
pig out	To eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself.	Rate it: (5.00 / 14 votes)
put lipstick on a pig	Making superficial or cosmetic changes in a futile attempt to hide the ugly truth of something.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while	Being right once doesn't prove anything	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
Buy a Pig in a Poke	To buy something immediately without even examining it	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
a pig might have a long tale but its tail is always short!	A hypocrite always keeps giving excuses & making stories, but his/her supporter & power base are always short! So, if anyone earnestly try to get rid of that hypocrite's tyranny and torcher, that is very much feasible as history supports that hypocrites never win!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
eat like a pig	To chew noisily, with one's mouth open, or with much greed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
guinea pig	A tailless rodent of the Cavia genus, with short ears and larger than a hamster; the species Cavia porcellus is often kept as a pet.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in a pig's arse	Absolutely not; under no circumstances.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in a pig's eye	Very unlikely; probably never.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make a pig of oneself	To eat to excess; to overeat; to gorge.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make a pig's ear of	To do badly; to make a mess of.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
not in a pig's eye	A chiding expression, relative to an odd-ball idea or suggestion. Deemed irrelevant, awkward, foreign, inappropriate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pig fucker	Alternative form of pigfucker.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pig fucker	Used other than as an idiom.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pig in a poke	Something whose true value (usually less than expected) is concealed or unknown, especially something offered for sale.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pig latin	A made up language often used as a way to speak in front of people (often children and often by parents) without them knowing what you are saying	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
squeal like a stuck pig	To utter loud, high-pitched squeals.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sweat like a pig	To sweat profusely, to be perspiring lots of sweat.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wrestle with a pig	To engage in a struggle with an opponent that benefits from the struggle even without winning it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wrestling with a pig	To engage in a pointless task that leaves one worse off for having made an honest attempt.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pachyderm	A member of the obsolete taxonomic group Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant, pig and horse.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
acheter chat en poche	To buy a pig in a poke.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
acheter chat en poche	to purchase without seeing the object in question; to buy on trust; to be sold a pig in a poke	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
am scray	The Pig latin way of saying scram; leave; get out of here	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
double dutch	A language game akin to pig Latin.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mouton à cinq pattes	unicorn; black swan; flying pig	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)