来源：开心夏令营发布时间:2012-11-23 13:05:00
you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.
“给猪涂上口红,它还是猪。”意思是做无用功。
a hog in a silk waistcoat is still a hog.
某项政策、措施或行动并不能改变事情的本质，甚至更为糟糕。
you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
粗瓷碗雕不出细花来
in a pig's eye
某件事根本不可能发生
casting pearls before swine
明珠暗投；对牛弹琴
piggy bank
储蓄罐
high on the hog
奢侈地；豪华地
hog-wild
（美国俚语）极粗野的，疯狂的，发疯的
hog
贪心攫取；独占
road hog
自私的司机；鲁莽的驾驶员
earmarks
指定款项
pork
联邦或州政府给手下人的好处(金钱或位置)
bring home the bacon
养家糊口；谋生
pig out / make a pig of oneself
大吃大喝
when pigs fly
无稽之谈；不可能的事
go the whole hog
干到底；彻底地干
ground hog
土拨鼠
bleed like a pig
血流如注
buy a pig in a bag
没有仔细看货就买下来；盲目答应
get the wrong pig by the tail
[美]捉错了人;；怪错了人;；搞错了对象
give sb. a pig of his own sow
以其人之道还治其人之身
sell a pig in a poke
用欺骗手段出售货品; 挂羊头卖狗肉
sweat like a pig
(因出力或恐惧而)全身冒汗
teach a pig to play on a flute
教猪吹笛, 做荒唐[不可能]的事
what can you expect from a pig but a grunt.
狗嘴里吐不出象牙来。
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