local quiz - sayings

[Pandmfrost]

lots of cart horses would get this - 4 words
perspiring bovine sire - 4 words - could it be - sweating like a bull

[piggling]

1 hot under the collar?

[Pandmfrost]

thanks - any ideas about the perspiring bovine sire - please

[sandyRoe]

your suggestion looks to be correct

[penelope2]

Sweating like a bull, looks good to me.

[Frank97]

But that's not a saying is it? I thought it was ''sweating like a pig''.

[bookbinder]

"Sweating like a pig" would be porcine, though, not bovine.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/porcine

[Vicasso]

1. Hot under the collar ?

[Frank97]

I agree bookbinder, I've just never heard of the saying ''sweating like a bull''.

[Vicasso]

oops! was completely blind to pigglings' post

[penelope2]

Think 'sweating like a bull' preceded 'sweating like a pig'. Suggestion is that 'sweating like a pig' may have originated from 'sweating like a bull'

[Frank97]

You learn something every day. :-)

[penelope2]

Pigs have very few sweat glands.

[emmie]

I must admit have never heard of sweating like a bull. Only as already suggested sweating like a pig.
how about
as strong as an Ox.

[emmie]

but that is five...

[bookbinder]

Perhaps this will help to clear up the 'sweating like a bull or pig':
according to Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 'sweating like a bull' was a common expression in the 19th century.
'Sweating like a pig' has nothing to do with animals, according to Wikipedia: cultural references to pigs. (Pigs do not sweat, as they have inefficient sweat glands.) The term is derived from the iron smelting process. After pouring the molten iron into runners in sand, it is allowed to cool, and is seen as resembling a sow and piglets, hence 'pig iron'. As the pigs cool, the surrounding air reaches its dew point, and beads of moisture form on the surface of the pigs. 'Sweating like a pig' indicates that the pig has cooled enough to be moved in safety.

[Frank97]

Thanks for that bookbinder.

[bookbinder]

I think I'll go for me tea now.