A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

pigs in a blanket • pigs in a poke
pigs in a blanket—(U.S. diners)
1
. stuffed cabbage: Pigs in a
blanket to me are also called stuffed cabbage or in Czech Aus-
trian, “Holupki” … it just depends on where you are from.
2. a ham sandwich or a sausage wrapped in a pancake: Kids
will beg for these little Pigs in a Blanket for breakfast! This
recipe is so quick and easy you can even let the kids roll them
up…
pigs in a poke —
1
. (used in allusion to the phrase “buy a pig
in a poke”) said of smth. bought or obtained without seeing
it: Don’t give us “pigs in a poke,” in other words, web links
that we have to open before we know what is in them. 2. (U.S.
cuisine) baked potatoes stuffed with sausage: I had to choose
pick at something
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between the Trucker’s Breakfast or the Pigs in a Poke, finally
deciding on the latter. 3. = pigs in a blanket 2: For a cowboy
breakfast theme she would serve pigs in a poke (pancake-
wrapped sausages) and hot or cold chocolate milk.
pillow partner • sleeping partner
pillow partner —(sl.) smb. with whom a person regularly has
sex outside marriage: I can usually make use of a native pillow
partner.
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
compound bed-fellow—one’s companion or associate: The odd-
est of enemies might become bedfellows.
sleeping partner —
1
. (also: dormant partner) a partner who
does not take an active part in managing the business: He has
been the sleeping partner who has supplied a great part of
their capital. 2. (sl.) = pillow partner: Your sleeping partner
would provide you with an alibi.