- hog-tied
- adjAmericanincapacitated, rendered helpless. Hogs (the standard American term for pigs) were hobbled by having all four legs bound.
Contemporary slang . 2014.
hog-tied
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hog-tie — (v.) also hogtie, bind hands and feet, 1887, from HOG (Cf. hog) (n.) + TIE (Cf. tie) (v.). Related: Hog tied … Etymology dictionary
hog-tie — {v.}, {informal} 1. To tie (an animal) so it is unable to move or escape. * /The Cowboy caught a calf and hog tied it./ 2. To make someone unable to act freely; limit. * /The welfare worker wanted to help at once, but rules and regulations hog… … Dictionary of American idioms
hog-tie — {v.}, {informal} 1. To tie (an animal) so it is unable to move or escape. * /The Cowboy caught a calf and hog tied it./ 2. To make someone unable to act freely; limit. * /The welfare worker wanted to help at once, but rules and regulations hog… … Dictionary of American idioms
hog-tie — v informal 1. To tie (an animal) so it is unable to move or escape. The Cowboy caught a calf and hog tied it. 2. To make someone unable to act freely; limit. The welfare worker wanted to help at once, but rules and regulations hog tied her, so… … Словарь американских идиом
hog-tie — verb tie together somebody s limbs The prisoner was hog tied • Hypernyms: ↑tie down, ↑tie up, ↑bind, ↑truss • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody They want to hog tie the prisoner … Useful english dictionary
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