Cultural references to pigs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pigs have inspired many idioms, and are frequently referenced in culture. They have become synonymous with several negative attributes, especially greed and uncleanliness, and these ascribed attribut...
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Pig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pigs are a genus of even-toed ungulates within the family Suidae. The name hog most commonly refers to the domestic pig ( Sus domestica ) in everyday parlance, but technically encompasses several...
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I like scratching around and looking for the origins of sayings and phrases that one hears and uses. Two of these popped up while I was reading stuff on other sites recently. The first one was “sweating like a pig”. This is an interesting o...
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where does the phrase sweating like a pig come from? as i read pigs can't sweat.. SkatePunkDud (Tue 17:18 24/Jan/06) ... This is true, Pigs don't have sweat glands, which is one reason they roll in mud, to keep cool, another way they have of keeping cool, is to increase their rate of breathing (Panting), as for the...
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www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Animals_and_Nature/Question1925...
www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Animals_and_Nature/Question192504.html
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Say the Night Owls ( Really Long Link ): “From what I have been able to gather the origin of the expression `sweat like a pig,' meaning to sweat profusely, is unknown. Since pigs don't have sweat glands, which would provide cooling by evaporation, they have to wallow in puddles and mud to cool off.
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www.dementedworld.com/eat-like-a-horse-sweat-like-a-pig...
www.dementedworld.com/eat-like-a-horse-sweat-like-a-pig/
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However my weight is around 133 ibs or 60 kg. Now I have been working out for a few months, and I sweat like crazy. ... Do pigs actually sweat? Heehee ... my husband sweats "like a pig", too, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. I would, however, question someone saying that sweating is a sign of fitness.
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www.city-data.com/forum/exercise-fitness/203906-i-sweat...
www.city-data.com/forum/exercise-fitness/203906-i-sweat-tons-just-like-pig.html
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At Wordwizard we're interested in English, in particular the origins of English words or phrases, and English usage. But we're also happy to discuss any interesting aspect of the English language with like-minded people, and try to help ... If you are just looking for the meaning of a word (with an outline of origin),
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There are two versions, bleeding like a “stuck” pig, and bleeding like a “stuffed” pig. The stuck pig version appears to be the most common by far. By all accounts it means to bleed profusely. ... Origin and Meanings of Expressions/Words...
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Pigs do not sweat. It refers to them being dirty, but they are actually very clean animals. This expression is stupid.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_it_to_sweat_like_a_pig
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