Lipstick On A Pig Colloquial

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Lipstick on a pig colloquial. Our attentive staff will offer up great. What does lipstick on a pig expression mean. A term used by many generally in reference to someone who may be trying to make something or someone look appealing or attractive when it quite clearly will not work or will only deceive the dumbest of people. When barack obama told a crowd at a campaign event on tuesday you can put lipstick on a pig but it s still a pig the mccain campaign swiftly took offense claiming the analogy was.

Audio produced by richard whaling. Background lipstick on a pig though the expression lipstick on a pig may be relatively new porcine i e. Video editing by david bashwiner and ben kolak. Lipstick on a pig.

Definition of lipstick on a pig in the idioms dictionary. Lipstick on a pig phrase. Car salesmen are generally good at putting lipstick on a pig because they are always selling unroadworthy buckets of shit and try and hide their shitfulness by tarting them up. Barack obama s reference to lipstick on a pig has republicans demanding an apology and democrats accusing sen.

A pig s ear a pig in a poke as well as the biblical expressions pearls before swine and ring of gold in a swine s snout indeed whereas the phrase lipstick on a pig seems to have been coined in the 20th century the concept of the phrase may not be particularly recent. The lipsticked pig rushville illinois. John mccain of a pathetic attempt to play the gender card. Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary.

Pig related idioms and phrases have permeated the english language for a very long time with the poor old pig always carrying negative connotations compare sweat like a pig make a pig s ear of something a pig in a poke etc in fact the idea of vain attempts at converting. Pigs have long been featured in proverbial expressions. Lipstick governor sarah palin september 2008 compare textbook prices and save up to 95. Put lipstick on a pig third person singular simple present puts lipstick on a pig present participle putting lipstick on a pig simple past and past participle put lipstick on a pig idiomatic to superficially alter something in the hope of making it seem more appealing than it is in actuality.