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1 noun∎ pigs might fly! quand les poules auront des dents!;∎ you made a real pig's ear of that ça, vous avez fait du beau!;∎ he made a pig's ear of laying the carpet il a posé la moquette comme un vrai sagouin;∎ to buy a pig in a poke acheter chat en poche∎ to eat like a pig manger comme un cochon ou un porc;∎ to make a pig of oneself se goinfrer, s'empiffrer∎ to live like pigs vivre dans une écurie ou porcherie∎ fascist pig! sale fasciste!;∎ the dirty pig! quel chameau!;∎ what a selfish pig! quel sale égoïste!∎ it's a real pig of a job ce travail est un véritable cauchemar;∎ cleaning the oven is a pig of a job c'est vraiment chiant de nettoyer le four;∎ the filing cabinet was a pig to move ça a été vachement difficile de déplacer le classeur∎ the pigs les flics mpl, les poulets mpl∎ to pig oneself (on sth) s'empiffrer (de qch), se goinfrer (de qch)(sow) mettre bas, cochonner►► pig farm porcherie f, élevage m de porcs;pig iron fonte f brute;Pig Latin = argot codé utilisé en milieu scolaire, ≃ javanais m;Cookery pig's trotter pied m de porc -
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pig [pɪg]1. nouna. cochon m, porc m• to make a pig of o.s. s'empiffrer (inf)3. compounds* * *[pɪg]1) ( animal) porc m, cochon m2) (colloq) ( greedy) goinfre (colloq) m; ( dirty) cochon/-onne (colloq) m/f; ( nasty) sale type (colloq) m3) (colloq) péjthe pigs — les flics (colloq) mpl
•Phrasal Verbs:- pig out••in a pig's eye! — (colloq) US mon œil! (colloq)
to make a pig's ear of something — bousiller (colloq) quelque chose
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A n2 ○ fig péj ( greedy) goinfre ○ m ; ( dirty) cochon/-onne ○ m/f ; ( nasty) sale type ○ m, salaud ◑ m ; to eat/live like a pig ( dirtily) manger/vivre comme un cochon ; to make a pig of oneself manger comme un goinfre ○, se goinfrer ○ ; you pig! ( greedy person) quel goinfre ○ ! ; ( dirty person) tu es un cochon ○ ! ; ( nasty person) tu es vache ○ ! ;B vi [sow] mettre bas.to buy a pig in a poke acheter chat en poche ; pigs might fly le jour où les poules auront des dents! ; in a pig's eye ○ ! US mon œil ○ ! ; to make a pig's ear of sth bousiller ○ qch ; to pig it ○ vivre comme un cochon.■ pig out se goinfrer ○, s'empiffrer ○ (on de).
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(buy) a pig in a poke — (buy) a pig in a ˈpoke idiom if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy sth without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough • Buying from a catalogue can mean buying a pig in a poke. Main entry: ↑pigidiom … Useful english dictionary
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pig in a poke — Date: 1562 something offered in such a way as to obscure its real nature or worth < unwilling to buy a pig in a poke > … New Collegiate Dictionary
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pig in a poke — If someone buys a pig in a poke, they buy something without checking the condition it was in, usually finding out later that it was defective. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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