pig

Definition

  • noun: an animal that has a fat body with short legs, a small tail, and a wide nose and that is raised on a farm or lives in the wild
  • noun: a young domesticated swine not yet sexually mature
  • verb: to live like a pig
  • + 'of'
  • synonyms: farrow, piggin, hog

Examples

  • He is a sexist 'pig'. = He is a 'male chauvinist pig'. [=he is a man who thinks women are not equal to men]

  • The train station will be renovated 'when pigs fly'. [=it will never be renovated]

  • “This time I think he'll ask me to marry him!” “Yeah, and 'pigs might fly'.”

Movie quotes

  • (..) comes out of your mouth is a lie. All I know is that I would have saved myself a lot of suffering, if I'd just given that bread to the pig. I think the only thing left to say is "thank you." I need to be in the capitol. No, you have done your job. You've been very successful (..)
    2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
  • (..) I remember you in the rain. And I burned it on purpose. To give it to you. I remember my mother hitting me. I was supposed to give it to the pig. That was the first we'd eaten in days. Why would I take a beating like that for you? Because you were kind (..)
    2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2