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Pig Out & Bring Home the Bacon are two piggy idioms in English. For today’s English lesson, let’s have a look at these to interesting and porkish English phrases.
Here are the example sentences
Pig out is a verb, and it means to eat excessively, or eat a lot more that usual.
- I pigged out at the barbecue yesterday.
- Jack said he pigged out when he had dinner at the buffet restaurant.
When you want to talk about the food that you ate excessively, you can use pig out on, like this:
- I pigged out on hot dogs at the barbecue
- Jenny said she pigged out on potato chips while she was watching the soccer game.
When you want to talk about earning money to support a family, you can use bring home the bacon.
- Jack takes care of the baby and his wife brings home the bacon.
- Since I bring home the bacon, I make the financial decisions in my house.
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Comments 10
Hi Michael,
Here are the answers to today’s challenging questions:
1. Jack takes care of their baby and his wife brings home the bacon.
2. Michael pigged out on barbecued hot dogs and then pigged out on brownies too.
bye,
Amali.
Hi Amali. Nice work. Do you sometimes pig out?
No, I don’t, Michael. I try to eat healthy, limited portions almost always.
Well, that’s the most healthy way to be 🙂
Hi Michael,
1. Jack’s wife supports the family. Jack stays home to take care of their son.
2. Michael pigged out on hot dogs and brownies at the barbecue.
Now nobody brings home the bacon enough to support our family. We are eating away at our savings. I have to find a good job…
Have a nice day!
Hi Ryo. Good luck on the job hunt!
Thank you Mark for these amazing lessons!
Great voice-over btw. So professional!
Thanks Mohamed…Just FYI, I’m Michael 🙂
Sorry! I wasn’t concentrating enough when I wrote that. 🙂 Regards from Cairo, Egypt!
No sweat! Typos happen to me all the time. Have a super day!