English Dictionary

couldn't stop a pig in a passage

動詞

ヨークシャー方言 慣用表現

(Yorkshire, idiomatic) Bow-legged.

日本語の意味

O脚（脚が外側に曲がっている状態を指す）

When he walked across the yard, he couldn't stop a pig in a passage, and the children giggled at his lopsided stride.

彼が庭を横切って歩くと、がに股で、その不格好な歩き方に子供たちはくすくす笑った。

意味（1）

(Yorkshire, idiomatic) Bow-legged.

Joe laughed. ‘Aye, I know I'm a funny little feller. I couldn't stop a pig in a passage, could I lass? But I'm good at me job, else Eddie wouldn't have asked me to come and look at that there roof.’