🐷 Pig
"Guinea pig"
Meaning
A person used to test something new.
About the pig
Pigs are associated with mess and excess in folklore, which is where idioms about greed and untidiness come from.
Example sentence
My sister made a new soup and used me as the guinea pig.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
A person used to test something new.
More pig idioms
PigIdiom
"Pig-headed"
Very stubborn and unwilling to change your mind.
PigIdiom
"When pigs fly"
Used to say something will never happen.
PigIdiom
"Buy a pig in a poke"
To buy something without checking it first.
PigIdiom
"Cast pearls before swine"
To offer something valuable to people who do not appreciate it.
PigIdiom
"Go whole hog"
To do something completely, not halfway.
PigIdiom
"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"
You cannot make something excellent from very poor material.