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The phrase "a pig of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in informal contexts to describe something as unpleasant or difficult, often in a hyperbolic manner.
Example: "This project is turning out to be a pig of a task, taking much longer than expected."
Alternatives: "a nightmare of" or "a hassle of".
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Did I make a pig of myself?
He is a pig of a man: stupid, belligerent, charmless.
I asked for a pig of that weight.
But it's lipstick on a pig of a potato dish.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a pig of a man.
"I wrote 'Mona,' a tune about a pig of mine.
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How can anybody compare the killing of a pig to the killing of a whale?
Most recently, morphologic changes have been showed in the frontal cortex of a pig model of sepsis [ 3].
Ms. Ruttenberg's habit of sleeping with pets mirrors that of Paris Hilton, who has slept with a pig -- of the four-legged variety -- and was once bitten at her home at 3 a.m. by a kinkajou, a tiny raccoon-related creature.
In other words, the aetosaurs were heavily armored animals with the body of a crocodile, snout of a pig, and skull of a bird.
This study describes a pig model of brain death, donor management, and lung transplantation that closely resembles clinical conditions.
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