bleed like a pig en · VERB
Meanings
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(qualifier:simile) To bleed profusely.
"They carried off their wounded comrade - he was bleedin' like a pig - and then they sat around us, and if ever I saw frozen murder it was in their faces."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bleeds like a pig | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bleeding like a pig | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bled like a pig | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bled like a pig | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
bleed like a stuck hog · bleed like a stuck pig
Translations (1)
nl bloeden als een rund (bleed profusely)