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What is the meaning of the saying he went to and the hogs ate him?
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∙ 12y ago
It is from older times when farmers had outhouses (privvys) instead of toilets inside the home. When you couldn't find someone, a light-hearted answer would be "He went out to **** and the hogs ate him!", alluding to some unfortunate accident (heart attack, slip and fall, death by exposure to cold, etc) that befell the poor guy on his way to the outhouse. The outhouse was commonly located near to the house as were the hog pens. Sort of inaccurate because no one would actually enter the hog lot on the way to the outhouse but the saying instilled fear in young children who enjoyed balancing on hog lot fences either sitting or walking like a trapeze artist. By the way, give a hog an opportunity and they will eat you!
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Had your lunch meaning?
ate
Is this a run on sentence you went home and ate and ate?
No, that's not a run-on sentence. Technically, it's a simple sentence with a compound verb. It contains a single subject and three verbs. "You" is the subject of the sentence. The three verbs are "went," "ate" and "ate." In other words, there is one person doing three actions. Admittedly, it's not a very goodsentence, but it is grammatically correct.
What is the meaning of the suffix -ate-?
It can be (precipitate, neonate), but it is usually a verb form when added to nouns (alien-alienate, decor-decorate). The suffix -ion or -tion is a noun form for those verbs. The ending -ate is also seen in adjectives (profligate).
Is entire a verb?
No; it is an adjective meaning whole or complete: he ate the entire pizza himself.
What are some alliteration for the letter h?
the hungry happy hippo went hi to everybody because he ate a healthy hotdog
What they ate during the Vietnam war?
GIs ate "C" rations. South Viet farmers ate hogs and chickens (those animals were everywhere!).
What type of food was eaten in new France 1700?
Pie, hotdogs and pickles. they also ate sugar and hogs
Which is a run-on sentence A I went home and ate and ate B Before lunch I played volleyball after lunch I did again C I thought about what he said I realized he was right?
B Before lunch I played volleyball after lunch I did again
What is the word of Afterwards or after that?
Afterwards is a connecting adverb with the meaning "later" applied to a time or event. e.g. "He ate supper, and afterwards went for a walk."
Had your lunch meaning?
ate
What is a way of saying you ate too much?
Vomit
How did Mendel increase his chances of seeing a repeatable pattern?
by mooing at the plant and saying... PLANT! MAKE ME A KITTEN! and then he went to his chopper and ate sandwiches with Morgan freeman. and thats how he got aids!
What is meaning ate?
it means for no particular reason
Is went past tense?
yes it is so as ate and ran
What did the Miami tribe worship?
they went to the bathroom in a can
What is the symbol for hell in the Parable of the Lost Son?
Reaching his low point where he slept and ate with the hogs, the prodigal son came to realize that even his father's servants were living better than he was. Sleeping with hogs, while not pleasant for anybody, is that much worse for people who consider them to be ritually unclean.
What would happen if you ate your iPod?
You would choke on it and it would make you very ill
