hog

cochon, porc

Cochon, notamment un gros animal élevé à la ferme.

En anglais simple : A pig, especially a large one kept on a farm.

• The farmer feeds the hogs.
• They raise hogs for meat.
• A large hog escaped from its pen.

Synonymes : pig, swine

Expressions courantes : a farm hog, feed a hog, hog farm

accapareur, glouton

Personne qui prend trop pour elle et refuse de partager.

En anglais simple : Someone who takes too much and refuses to share.

• Do not be a hog; share the cake.
• That road hog would not let anyone pass.
• He is an attention hog who interrupts everyone else.

Synonymes : greedy person, glutton

Expressions courantes : a greedy hog, a road hog, a space hog

accaparer, monopoliser

Garder quelque chose pour soi en empêchant les autres de l’utiliser ou d’en profiter.

En anglais simple : To keep something for yourself and prevent other people from using or enjoying it.

• Don't hog the computer.
• She hogged the bathroom all morning.
• Are you hogging the blanket again?

Synonymes : monopolize

Contraires : share

Expressions courantes : hog the remote, hog the bathroom, hog the spotlight, hog the blankets