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Stuck Pig
To stare like a stuck pig. A simile founded on actual
observation. Of course, the stuck pig is the pig in the act of
being killed. (See Similes.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Stuck Pig from Infoplease:
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