Hi! What have you been up to? Today we have a new episode of the inglesonline podcast, and I have three expressions that use animals to express an idea. Basically they take things that we, human beings, do, and compare them to how we think certain animals would do them. First up: sweating like a pig. Yeah, that’s a good one to start with. I’ve never seen a pig sweat, to be honest, but that’s how the expression goes: sweating like a pig.
This podcast remember my father! He used to give us bear hugs! And he even was not quite as a mouse… He was very noise.
Hi, guys!
To take the busses here in Brazil makes anyone sweat like a pig. But every time I’m skateboarding, in few minutes, I start to sweat like a pig, but in this case I love it.
When I go to my mother’s house and meet my little nephews and nieces I always get them a real big bear hug
I come to my house too late on weekdays, cause I work in the evening, so I come in here walking as a mouse for my wife doesn’t wake up
Hey Ana
Often when I’m running and the weather is boiling I sweat like pig. Fortunately i’ve been run along to the beach and the wind has helped me. Here at home everybody is the opposite to “quiet as a mouse”.
Great site mainly the podcasts.
Thanks a lot!
Bear hugs for you
Hi Ana!
Great post!
I aways sweat like a pig after get the full bus.
In Vitoria / ES, right now, i’m sweating like pig. We’re on winter, but the temperature is like summer.
Hi Ana! Nice post! I can easily sweat like a pig and I’m certainly not as quite as a mouse person. On the contrary, I make a lot of noise all the time with my little girl at home.
1. I live far from the groceries and butcher’s. When I go shopping
there, I usually come back home sweating like a pig; 2. My wife
watches her TV programs very quiet. We think she’s sleeping, but actually,
she’s quiet as a mouse. 3. When I go to the airport, I see people giving
bear hugs to the ones they’re waiting for. During many times, I thought
that bear hugs were hugs that hurt ou killed us. Now I know it’s real mea-
ning, due this podcast.
Raymundo
Ana great podcast! Well,yesterday I needed to go to the city and in order to get there I had to take a bus but I left home a little late so I had to run to get to the bus stop,when I arrived there I was sweating like a pig!I just HATE when that happens!!!!lol but hopefully I didn’t miss the bus!!!
Ana eu tenho uma sugestao,seria legal se vc escrevesse uma dica de pronuncia com audio sobre glottal stop,isso ajudaria a aumentar a compreensao no ingles falado pois isso confunde um pouco!thanks a lot for all,see you next time!
Hello Ana,id like to know if you could talk a little more about glottal stop!cuz it is very difficult to learn it just listening the films or sitcoms let alone at our english school, even though its very common among native speakers.that words like “button,important,mountain” it is easy to notice,but they use glottal stop almost every time like this ones “but,what,hut,cant” and so on.thanks
Hi.once i came across to this person who got a bear hug from her nephew and ended up with a broke ribs.yeah sometimes we have to control our emotions..hehhe people usally sweat like a pig during the jogging or even during their working out.,but i can tell you,during this time in florida its hard to walk without sweating like a pig.
Hi Everyone.
I do like this website cause they show us useful tips to help our skills in English. Anyway,
how about ” it is raining dogs and cats?
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I think “its raining cats and dogs” when its raining a lot..hehe
Yep, Ricka got it. I have to say, I’ve never hear anyone use this expression but it is, indeed, in all the dictionaries ;)
Yeah,i think i first heard it on Randalls page , you know the esllab?theres a podcast called “clothing style”that mentioned it.
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