1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:05,599 There's nothing better than a summer barbecue. You can pig out on burgers and 2 00:00:05,679 --> 00:00:11,679 hot dogs, even make a total pig of yourself, and everyone there is 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:16,640 as happy as a pig in mud. This is funny. One of my 4 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:22,480 friends asked me when I was going to stop eating meat when, well, 5 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:33,960 when pigs fly, that's when let's discuss. Welcome to another Happy English podcast 6 00:00:34,119 --> 00:00:39,479 coming to you from New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael 7 00:00:40,079 --> 00:00:45,520 Alry. Thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael here from Happy 8 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:52,159 English and I help people speak English better. This is Happy English Podcast, 9 00:00:52,359 --> 00:00:59,640 Episode seven point thirty two. Pig idioms. In the last few episodes of 10 00:00:59,679 --> 00:01:04,599 the Half English podcast, I talked about hot and heat idioms. After all, 11 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:10,680 it is the middle of the summer now, and summer brings us to 12 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:17,560 barbecues and picnics, two kinds of events where you can enjoy good food and 13 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:23,159 nice company outside in the park or by the beach. I'm thinking about that 14 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:30,200 reminded me of this set of pig idioms. Let's dive in. Next, 15 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:34,200 listen to a conversation between two friends at lunch. Pay attention to the pig 16 00:01:34,239 --> 00:01:38,719 idioms they use. Hey, Jordan, how was your weekend? Oh? 17 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,280 It was great. I went to the company picnic and totally pigged out. 18 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,920 I don't think I've ever had so much food in one sitting. That sounds 19 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,799 amazing. I'd been wanting to go, but I've been so busy. Maybe 20 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,120 one day, when pigs fly, I'll get to join you. Yeah, 21 00:01:53,159 --> 00:01:56,040 well, the next time I go, I'll definitely let you know. I 22 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,640 was as happy as a pig in mud that day. Everything was just perfect. 23 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,079 Oh yeah, that reminds me when you saw your grandmother last month. 24 00:02:04,319 --> 00:02:07,319 Did she give you any of her recipes to try or did she just sit 25 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:12,080 and watch you make a pig of yourself? Make a pig of myself in 26 00:02:12,159 --> 00:02:15,400 a pig's eye. But seriously, I did get a couple of good ideas 27 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,680 from her. I'm planning on cooking this weekend. You should come over. 28 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,879 Just don't make a pig of yourself, all right, I'll do my best. 29 00:02:22,719 --> 00:02:25,039 By the way, how's your new job going. I heard you were 30 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:30,080 really pushing yourself to bring home the bacon. It's been pretty hectic, but 31 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,840 I'm managing. Sometimes I feel like a guinea pig with all the new tasks. 32 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,319 But it's all part of the learning process. I hear you, and 33 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,560 hey, don't let it stress you out too much. Just remember, don't 34 00:02:40,599 --> 00:02:45,400 sweat like a pig. Take it easy. Definitely, thanks for the support. 35 00:02:45,759 --> 00:02:47,800 I'll see you this weekend and we can pig out together. I'm looking 36 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:53,719 forward to it. Can't wait. Catch you later. Probably, compared to 37 00:02:53,800 --> 00:03:00,960 people, pigs don't have such good table manners, so when someone eats like 38 00:03:00,039 --> 00:03:05,759 a pig, they eat a lot of food in a messy or greedy way. 39 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,680 At the burger joint there was a group of teenagers eating like a pig. 40 00:03:12,599 --> 00:03:16,280 I'm so hungry I could eat like a pig right now. In a 41 00:03:16,439 --> 00:03:23,479 similar way, when you make a pig of yourself, you eat too much. 42 00:03:24,879 --> 00:03:30,439 I felt like I had made a pig of myself while having dinner at 43 00:03:30,439 --> 00:03:36,680 the hotel buffet. Jen made a pig of herself at the barbecue and ate 44 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:44,599 too many hot dogs. Have you ever seen a pig fly outside of a 45 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:49,800 Pink Floyd concert? And I don't think it's possible. In fact, it's 46 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:57,680 impossible. So when someone says when pigs fly, they mean that something will 47 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:04,120 never happen or it is very unlikely. Recently, someone asked me if I 48 00:04:04,199 --> 00:04:11,319 was planning to retire soon, and I told him yeah, when pigs fly, 49 00:04:13,719 --> 00:04:17,120 I wonder if she'll ever go out on a date with me. You 50 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:27,600 haha, when pigs fly, You're not her type. They say that pigs 51 00:04:27,639 --> 00:04:32,800 are very intelligent animals, and as such, it's not easy to convince them 52 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:39,439 to do something if they don't want to. That's why when a person is 53 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:46,000 being stubborn or obstinate, we say that they are being pigheaded. The boss 54 00:04:46,079 --> 00:04:54,519 is so pig headed and never listens to anyone's advice. My roommate Jack can 55 00:04:54,560 --> 00:05:00,720 be quite pigheaded about what he likes to watch on TV. Sometimes in a 56 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:08,720 laboratory, small animals are used in experiments. One of these animals is a 57 00:05:08,759 --> 00:05:14,160 guinea pig, and when a person is being used to try or do something 58 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,839 for the first time, we said that they are a guinea pig. We 59 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:25,000 were guinea pigs for the new recipe my friend Donna wanted to try. The 60 00:05:25,079 --> 00:05:30,639 hospital selected several volunteers to be guinea pigs for a clinical trial. Compared to 61 00:05:30,759 --> 00:05:36,279 humans, the eyes of a pig are relatively small. The space in a 62 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:42,079 pig's eye is a pretty small space. So there is a small chance that 63 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:46,800 something will fit there. I doubt much of anything could fit there. And 64 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:51,800 so we have the idiom in a pig's eye, which means I doubt that 65 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:59,759 or I don't believe that. Fred says he can run a marathon without training. 66 00:06:00,439 --> 00:06:05,079 Yeah, in a pig's I, Jack's going to finish building that fence 67 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:12,759 in one day. In a pigs, I on a farm. Pigs like 68 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,920 to hang out in the mud to stay cool. That makes them happy. 69 00:06:17,519 --> 00:06:24,040 So when you are happy as a pig in mud, you are very happy 70 00:06:24,319 --> 00:06:29,839 and content. After spending a day at the beach, I was as happy 71 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,800 as a pig in mud. Alice was as happy as a pig in mud 72 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:42,120 when she got the promotion she wanted at work. Speaking of pigs on a 73 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:47,879 farm, at meal time, pigs eat a lot. That's why when someone 74 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:53,240 eats a lot of food, or even a lot of food quickly, we 75 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:59,800 say that they pig out. We totally pigged out on pizza last night. 76 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,600 Every time I go to my grandma's house, I end up pigging out on 77 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:12,959 her famous cookies. The idiom to sweat like a pig means to sweat a 78 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:18,959 lot, usually because of heat or heavy physical activity. Well. In fact, 79 00:07:19,399 --> 00:07:26,879 humans can't sweat like a pig because pigs actually sweat differently than people. 80 00:07:27,519 --> 00:07:32,600 But regardless of biology, when someone is sweating like a pig, they are 81 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:39,439 sweating a lot. After the workout, I was sweating like a pig. 82 00:07:40,199 --> 00:07:46,560 We were all sweating like a pig while hiking up that steep hill. And 83 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:53,920 finally related to pigs is bacon. When you bring home the bacon, you 84 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:59,639 earn enough money to support a household or family. 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