couldn't stop a pig in a passage
To be 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
passage
UK /ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/ US /ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/
noun 6verb 3adj 1name 1
Definitions
noun
1
A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
passage of scripture
She struggled to play the difficult passages.
2
Part of a path or journey.
He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.
3
An incident or episode.
But there are those who do not feel that the sordid passages of life should be kept off the stage. It is a matter of opinion.
4
The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
The company was one of the prime movers in lobbying for the passage of the act.
5
The advance of time.
The passage of decades has not erased the value of parental monitoring.
verb
1
To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium.
He passaged the virus through a series of goats.
After 24 hours, the culture was passaged to an agar plate.
2
To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross.
They passaged to America in 1902.
adj
1
Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest.
Passage red-tailed hawks are preferred by falconers because these younger birds have not yet developed the adult behaviors which would make them more difficult to train.
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