make a pig of oneself

make a pig of oneself idiom
Overeat, as in I really made a pig of myself at the buffet. [Colloquial; 1940s] Also see pig out.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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