2007-10-16 22:20:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
To bleed like a stuck pig
To bleed profusely.
This image comes from hunting wild boar on horseback with a spear, an activity called pig sticking. While these hunts have been widely popular, this expression and associated phrases such as "to squeal like a stuck pig" meaning to shout loudly and shrilly and "to stare like a stuck pig" (now obsolete) meaning to gaze with wide open eyes were coined in the 19th century by British officers in India.
2007-10-16 22:50:41 · answer #1 · answered by Fairy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stuck Pig Definition
2017-01-09 19:41:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bleed like a stuck pig
Meaning: To bleed heavily.
Example: Handle that straight razor carefully. If you cut yourself, you will bleed like a stuck pig.
Origin: The throat of a pig set for slaughter is cut or opened with a sharp spike or knife. Because the cut severs the jugular vein, the pig bleeds rapidly.
2007-10-16 23:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an ex butcher the expression to bleed like stuck pig,came about ,when they were stunned then the jugular vein was cut the pig was then hung up to allow the blood to drain and this led to the meat being lighter in colour,the excessive bleeding was cause through the animals own pulse pumping out the blood as it was only stunned., This method was before the more humane slaughtering methods came in
2007-10-16 23:00:42 · answer #4 · answered by Goldy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself down to the slaughter house and watch them bleed a dead pig. You will not believe how much blood one holds.
Then you WILL know the answer to your question.
2007-10-17 07:52:48 · answer #5 · answered by Terry G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abattoirs where the pigs are hung from the rear hoofs and have their throats cut and wriggle around until all the blood pours out of their bodies
2007-10-16 22:24:37 · answer #6 · answered by criminal convictions 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when pigs go to slaughter, they are typically cut in the throat or stuck with a knife into the jugular vein, and they bleed out very rapidly to their death...
i think that is where it comes from... it means to bleed profusely...
2007-10-16 22:25:53 · answer #7 · answered by suisse shoggi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its from when you hunt a pig and spear it. It can sometimes bleed a lot.
2007-10-16 22:24:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From pig hunters.
2007-10-16 22:23:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From myself when I got stuck without getting any promotion in my earlier company where I performed very well.
2007-10-16 22:25:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋