Belgium· hard
jouer un pied de cochon
“to play a pig's foot”
Meaning
to play a mean trick on someone
Explanation
A Belgian way of saying someone has stabbed you in the back, often right before walking out the door.
Example
Il m'a joué un pied de cochon en partant avec mes clients.
He played a dirty trick on me by leaving with my clients.
Origin
Nobody has really explained why a pig's foot came to mean betrayal, but the phrase turns up in Belgian writing at least as far back as 1913.
Source
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