hog shearing
now rare
noun
The shearing of a pig, used figuratively as the type of a pointless activity; fuss about nothing.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Edward Martin (d. 1662), college head.
- onomatopoeia
- onomatopoeic
- onomatopoeical
- onomatopoeically
- onomatopoeics
- onomatopoesis
- onomatopoesy
- onomatopoetical
- onomatopoetically
- onomatopoiesis
- onomatopoietic
- onomatopoësis
- onomatous
- Onondaga
- on one's back
- on one's beam ends
- on one's conscience
- on one's feet
- on one's haunches
- on one's high horse
- on one's hind legs
- on one's honour
- on one's jack (or Jack Jones)
- on one's knees
- on one's last legs