"couldn't stop a pig in a passage" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-couldn't stop a pig in a passage.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} couldn't stop a pig in a passage
  1. (Yorkshire, idiomatic) is bow-legged. Tags: Yorkshire, idiomatic

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