to bring one's eggs (also hogs) to a fair (also bad,etc.) market (chiefly ironic): to be unsuccessful in a venture. See also to bring one's pigs t…

Phrases and proverbs. to be squeezed through a horn (also to come out at the little end of the horn): to come off badly in an affair, esp. to fail…

to bring (also carry, drive,etc.) one's pigs to market: to try to do business or get results; to succeed in realizing one's potential. to bring on…

to go badly to market: to lose money betting on a horse race. Cf. sense 1c. Obsolete. rare.