greased pig
Oiled barnyard quarry
A greased pig is a pig coated in oil or lard to make it slippery and difficult to catch, traditionally released at county fairs and rural festivals as a contest.
The phrase extends to anything or anyone exceptionally hard to pin down or get hold of: Trying to get a straight answer from him is like chasing a greased pig.
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- slippery slopeArgument predicting inevitable escalation
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- wild goose chaseHopeless pursuit of nothing
- fairImpartial and unbiased
county fair · contest · mud · squealing · catch · oily · barnyard · scramble · hog wild · county · rodeo · lard · wriggle · escape · snout · hooves · pen · crowd
- fun contestseating contest, talent show, costume contest, dance off, spelling bee
catchability/controllability
greased pigsitting duck
Defenseless person or thing
easy target · low-hanging fruit · captive · easy mark · sure thing
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