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单词 high off the hog, eat
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high off the hog, eat


Also, live high on the hog. Prosper, live luxuriously, as in When Aunt Ida dies and they inherit her estate, they'll be eating high off the hog, or Since their loan was approved, they've been living high on the hog. It alludes to the choicest cuts of meat, which are found on a pig's upper flanks. [Late 1800s]

Words nearby high off the hog, eat

highness, high noon, high-occupancy vehicle, high-occupancy vehicle lane, high-octane, high off the hog, eat, high on, high-pass filter, high-pitched, high place, high places
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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