Where did the phrase 'as greedy as a pig' come from?

If you ever watch pigs eat when fed by hand you have a really good idea of why that phrase came about. read more

They eat everything and anything. And they are good at finding it. Meaning that your other animals, sheep for example, won't have anything left to eat. And not much food grows in hot, dry places in the first place. So pigs are greedy because they don’t leave anything for anyone else. read more

The phrase "as greedy as a pig" can therefore be used in many contexts - in reference to gluttony ("to pig out") or the monopolisation of time or resources ("road hog" or "server hog", for example). Pigs are also associated with dirtiness, probably related to their habit of wallowing in mud. read more

The term originated in the Ozarks, and originally derived from when a man would slaughter a hog and discover a (surprisingly) thick layer of fat (or. read more