| 单词 | what can you expect of a hog but a grunt |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat can you expect of a hog but a grunt P5. Originally and chiefly North American. what can you expect of a hog but a grunt (and variants). ΚΠ 1842 Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 13 Jan. The above is in the Advertisers' handsomest style. It seems easy and natural—‘for,’ (as the saying is..) ‘what more can you expect of a hog than a grunt’. 1882 Handbk. Prov. 166 What can you expect of a hog but his bristles? 1922 E. Van Dyne Mary Louise & Josie O'Gorman vii. 83 ‘Well,’ she added philosophically: ‘What kin you expect from a hog but a grunt?’ 2002 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 11 Nov. 19 As for the rest of the Liberals: ‘What can you expect from a hog—except it will grunt’. < as lemmas |
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