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Idioms-with-Pig

Page history last edited by Onur Deniz 15 years, 4 months ago

1)

The Idiom: Eat like a pig (to eat a lot, or to eat noisily and unpleasantly)

Sample Sentence: He was so hungry that he ate like a pig.

Turkish Equivalence:Domuz gibi yemek.

2)

The Idiom: in a pig's eye (something that you say which means you think there is no chance that something is true or that something will happen)

Sample Sentence: Did you say you love me? In pig’s eye I am.

Turkish Equivalence:

3)

The Idiom:  a guinea pig (if someone is used as a guinea pig, new ideas or products are tested on them.)

Sample Sentence: They found some volunteers who will act as a guinea pig for new experiment.

Turkish Equivalence:

4)

The Idiom: make a pig of yourself (to eat too much)

Sample Sentence: He made a pig of himself yesterday so he is going to star a diet again.

Turkish Equivalence:

5)

The Idiom: make a pig's ear of something/doing something (to do something very badly)

Sample Sentence: Mike made a pig’s ear of driving that car.

Turkish Equivalence:

6)

The Idiom: a pig in a poke(something that you buy or accept without first seeing it or knowing what it is like, with the result that it might not be what you want)

Sample Sentence: Fruits in bazaar are pig in poke.

Turkish Equivalence:

7)

The Idiom: Pig's arse!( something that you say when you do not believe what someone has just told you)

Sample Sentence: You are the president ? Pig’s arse! I don’t beleive you.

Turkish Equivalence: Hadi ordan

8)

The Idiom: squeal like a stuck pig (to make a long, high sound, usually because you are hurt)

Sample Sentence: I didn’t kick him but he sequealed like a stuck pig

Turkish Equivalence:Domuz gibi bağırmak

9)

The Idiom: sweat like a pig(to sweat (= have liquid coming out of your skin) a lot.)

Sample Sentence: He was very nervous and he was sweating like a pig.

Turkish Equivalence:Domuz gibi terlemek

10)

The Idiom: pig out(to eat a lot)

Sample Sentence: She doesn’t have regular diet, she pigs out on fastfood.

Turkish Equivalence:

11)

The Idiom: as fat as a pig(very fat)

Sample Sentence: The man over there is as fat as pig

Turkish Equivalence:Domuz gibi şişman

12)

The Idiom: piggy bank(a small bank (sometimes in the shape of a pig) for saving money)

Sample Sentence: The boy put money to his piggy bank.

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13)

The Idiom: piggyback(- sitting or being carried on someone`s back and shoulders)

Sample Sentence: (The girl was riding piggyback on her mother’s shoulders)

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14)

The Idiom: As greedy as pig (very greedy)

Sample Sentence:That fat man is as greedy as pig.

Turkish Equivalence

15)

The Idiom: The Idiom: When pigs fly (when something is highly unlikely ever to happen, or that it will never happen)

Sample Sentence: She will love you when pigs fly.

Turkish Equivalence: Balık ağaca çıkınca

16)

The Idiom: even a blind pig finds an acorn once in awhile (everybody gets lucky sometimes)

Sample Sentence:Don’t worry, even a blind pig finds an acorn once in awhile.

Turkish Equivalence

17)

The Idiom: happy as a pig in mud (happy and content)

Sample Sentence: Ali was happy as a pig when he learned that he had passed the exam.

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