Hog Wash




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Hog Wash : Phrases



Meaning:

An incorrect statement, nonsense.


Example:

In court today, the allegations of wrongful dismissal where dismissed as hog wash.


Origin:

Pigs are not particularly clean animals. They live in their own feces, sleep in it, roll in it and play in it.

Pigs don't sweat. To cool themselves they urinate to create mud then lay in it.

If one were to give a hog a bath what would be left when you were done (the hog wash) would be water and feces.







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