pig的意思是“猪”,引申可表示“像猪一样贪吃,粗野的人”。

live like a pig in clover
生活奢侈,舒适 live in luxury
He inherited his father's fortune and has lived like a pig in clover ever since.他继承了他父亲的财产,生活极为奢侈。
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make a pig's ear of
笨拙地或错误地做(某事) do sth awkwardly or wrongly
I'd been practising the speech for days, but I made a real pig's ear of it anyway.多少天来我一直在练习这篇演说词,但是我演讲时还是没讲好。
If that tear is supposed to be mended, you've made a right pig's ear of it.如果认为那个裂口可以补好的话,那你就把事搞糟了。

pigs might fly
即使能有奇迹也不太可能出现 miracles may happen but they are extremely unlikely
Tom gives up smoking?Yes, and pigs might fly!汤姆戒烟?嘿,绝不可能!
He said he would pay me back the money he owes me next Monday—and pigs might fly!他说他下星期一还我他所欠的钱——但这是根本不可能的事!
“The management might offer us a decent pay raise.”“Pigs might fly!”“资方可能要给我们像样地增加工资。”“绝不可能!”

She says that she will kill me that pig when I come next time.她说等我下次来的时候她给我杀那头猪。
She drove the pigs down to the creek for a bath.她把猪赶到小河里去洗澡。
The pigs fed off the same trough.那些猪从同一食槽里取食。
Farmers feed kitchen leftovers to the pigs.农民用厨房里的残羹剩饭喂猪。
Have the pigs been fed yet?猪喂过了吗?
The pigs fattened on corn.猪靠谷物长肥。
This kind of pigs all kill well.这种猪出肉率高。
I wonder why he has penned the pigs up.我不明白他为什么把猪圈起来。
They're raising more pigs and poultry than they did last year.他们现在饲养的生猪和家禽比去年多。
He raised a litter of pigs.他养了一窝小猪。
We ate so much and made pigs of ourselves.我们吃得太多,成了贪吃者。
He made a pig of himself at the restaurant.他在餐馆里吃得过多。
Don't be a pig,Jimmy; leave some cake for your brother.别嘴馋,吉米,留点儿蛋糕给你弟弟。
They sat gobbling their food like pigs at a trough.他们坐着狼吞虎咽,就像猪在食槽边吃食一样。
I don't know how she can live with him; he's such a male chauvinist pig!我真不理解她怎么能与他一起生活,他是个典型的大男子主义者。

pig是猪的通称; boar指育种公猪; hog指肉猪,肥猪; sow指母猪; swine是猪的集合名词,没有复数形式。

［同义词］   boar, hog, sow, swine
［词源］  ＜中古英语piegge(猪)