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...have always thought the phrase "Like a hog going to war" had to do with their indecision when they hit a slick spot...
TIME'S explanation of the phrase "as independent as a hog on ice" is weak...
...shows a blissful ignorance of the personality of swine. I envy the man who has never had to become familiar with their perversity. . . . The average hog can only be driven by a system of deceit in which one attempts to prevent it from going in the direction one really wishes it to go. With this in mind, consider a hog's tiny hoofs, supporting a body bigger than man's. Then imagine the hog on slippery ice, where his complete natural perversity and unpredictableness is further complicated by the fact that he has no control of his feet...
Your readers hereabouts, however, fail to perceive the aptness of your simile in alluding to Mr. Bell's independence. No doubt he is a lawyer who fearlessly does his best for his clients; but how is a "hog on ice" an example of independence...