When people sweat heavily, the are often heard saying: "I'm sweating like a pig."
Does anyone know where the origin of that phrase in that context came from?
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I always thought it was "Sweating like a whore in church"
I think the origin of this phrase remains unanswered.
However, maybe it came from the fact that pigs 'sweat' when they are roasted over a fire. It's not really sweat of course; I think it's just the fat dripping off.
You are right. Many sayings evolve into statements that do not make sense such as "I could care less" meaning "I couldn't care less". Here is some information.
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Well, pigs roll in mud for sunscreen, maybe someone thought they sweat because they're always in the mud and they looked a bit shiny..? Also when a pig is roasted it looks shiny, maybe someone thought it was sweat. Nowadays I rarely hear it.
I have no concrete evidence, but I believe it's because people confuse 2 popular sayings -- "bleeding like a stuck pig" and "sweating like a horse".
well i dont know where it originated. but i guess when people think of pigs they think they are dirty, sloppy, and gross. so sweat is gross so i guess they think that when they are sweating they think that a pig would be dirty like that too. so they would use that phrase
It simply may be that people associate heavy sweating with being filthy, needing a bath. And one usually associates pigs, in their mud wallows, with filth.
Pigs, apparently, are pretty poor sweaters and in some breeds they hardly sweat at all. There's more, I also discovered that whilst hens don't sweat cows sweat better than pigs. However, the undoubted king of the sweaters it the Horse: were you foolish enough to ride one of these bare backed without serious leg protection the sweat would bring you out in a nasty rash where we humans don't like having rashes."
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