| query | If you say that something is, for example, a p__ of a job, you mean it is very difficult.If you say that something is, for example, a pig of a job, you mean it is very difficult. It's been a pig of a week. |
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| word | pig |
| full-definition | noun A pig is a pink or black animal with short legs and not much hair on its skin. Pigs are often kept on farms for their meat, which is called pork, ham, bacon, or gammon . ...the grunting of the pigs. ...a pig farmer. If you call someone a pig, you think that they are unpleasant in some way, especially that they are greedy or unkind . If you say that something is, for example, a pig of a job, you mean it is very difficult. It's been a pig of a week. verb If you say that people are pigging themselves, you are criticizing them for eating a very large amount at one meal . After pigging herself on ice cream she went upstairs. |
| inflections | pigspiggingpigged |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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