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salt pork

[salt pork] {n.} Very fat pork that has been packed in salt or dipped in brine for curing. * /Mother cooked beans with salt pork for supper./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Jon Stewart

(1962--) U.S. comedian Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not commit adultery. Don't eat pork. I'm sorry, what was that last one?? Don't eat pork. God has spoken. Is that […] www.sky-net-eye.com

cluck and grunt

[cluck and grunt] {n.}, {slang}, {avoid it in restaurants} The familiar restaurant dish of ham and eggs; since ham is made of pork (and pigs grunt) and eggs come from […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

salt

[salt] See: [BACK TO THE SALT MINES], [TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT] also [TAKE WITH A PINCH OF SALT], [WORTH ONE'S SALT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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