couldn't stop a pig in a passage
To be bow-legged.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“He is so bow-legged that he couldn't stop a pig in a passage.”
“The old farmer joked that his neighbor couldn't stop a pig in a passage because his legs were so crooked.”
“Observing the man's distinctively wide gait, the villagers remarked that he certainly couldn't stop a pig in a passage.”
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a short drop and a sudden stop
A fall to one's death by hanging.
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couldn't be more different
Two entities that have virtually nothing in common.
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couldn't care less
To not care at all; to have no interest or concern; to be apathetic.
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couldn't carry a note in a bucket
Not musically talented, unable to sing.
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couldn't happen to a nicer
Sarcastically asserts that those in question thoroughly deserve their fate.
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couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent; used to describe someone as greatly incompetent.
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face that would stop a clock
A shockingly unattractive face.
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happy as a pig in mud
Very happy or content.
Last updated August 10, 2026