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Idioms are sometimes humorous and they certainly make communication more interesting. If you don't know their meanings, they can also be confusing. So, it is a good idea to be familiar with the idioms commonly used by other people who speak English. Here are some more idioms:
IDIOM MEANING to pig out to eat too much pigheaded overly stubborn hogwash nonsense pack rat a person who saves everything living high on the hog living lavishly as happy as a pig in mud extremely happy pigsty messy or dirty room when pigs fly it will never happen one-horse town tiny town horse sense common sense putting the cart before the horse doing things in the wrong order I could eat a horse I'm very hungry hold your horses be patient we have to hoof it we must walk charley horse leg cramp
I've been to Trona and it's a one-horse town! You might get a stomach ache if you pig out. This room is a pigsty!