Richard emails from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to share some favorite phrases from his beloved grandmother. We waited for you like one pig for another means “We got tired of waiting for you at the table and went ahead and started eating.” A similar idea is suggested by a Spanish saying: Eres tan pacienzudo como un cochinito, or “You’re as patient as a little pig.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Some Favorite Expressions from Grandma”
We heard from Richard Ryder on Cape Cod who sent us a lot of phrases that belong to his beloved Nantucket grandmother. And one of them is, we waited for you like one pig would for another.
I love it because they do. Animals wait for each other, right?
No, no.
Oh, I see.
Well, I was confused too, so I wrote him back.
Oh, meal time. I see.
Yes, yes. If somebody’s late to the table, you go ahead.
And in fact, there’s an expression in Mexican Spanish.
Eres tan pacienzudo como un conchinito, which means…
You’re as patient as a little pig.
Yes.
Yeah, so I thought that was lovely that there’s an echo of that on Kit Cod.
I was just thinking about the way animals do usually, at least domestic animals, tend to be kind of gregarious and hang out together.
Sure, sure.
But yeah, we waited for you like one pig would for another.
Not.
