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Has anyone heard the saying "It's a quiet sow that sucks the wash"?

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annapopovic | 16:32 Thu 07th Jan 2010 | Phrases & Sayings
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Not until just now.
16:33 Thu 07th Jan 2010
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^^Me too.
16:34 Thu 07th Jan 2010
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Well, it makes obvious sense and it's surprising you needed to ask ! LOL. The OED says 'wash' is kitchen scraps and slops or brewery refuse, used as food for pigs [hence 'hogwash' ] A sow that sucks it, as opposed to gulping it down as most pigs would do, is plainly a very laid-back, quiet and contented sow !

(But I've never heard the expression either )
23:30 Thu 07th Jan 2010

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