英语词汇“live high on the hog”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

live high on the hog

释义

Idiom

live high off the hog and live high on the hog; eat high on the hog

Theme: WEALTH

to live well and eat good food. (Folksy. Note the variation with pretty.)

After they discovered oil on their land, they lived pretty high on the hog.Looks like we're eating high on the hog tonight. What's the occasion?

Idiom

live high on the hoglive high off/on the hog

American & Australian to have a lot of money and live in comfort, especially eating and drinking a lot.

He was a millionaire who lived high on the hog at all times.

idiomlive high on the hogused in order to say that someone has a very nice life because they have a lot of money to spend, often when you disapprove of this:When I worked for the airline I was living high on the hog and I didn't care about what the rest of the world was doing.These international bankers travel the world living high on the hog with little experience of real life or real people.

live high on the hog

To prosper or otherwise live very well. It refers to the rich being able to afford the choicest cut of meat, which, from a pig, is higher up on the animal. They've been living high on the hog ever since David won the lottery. It must be a shock for them having to count their pennies like this—they're used to living high on the hog, after all.

live high on (or off) the hog

have a luxurious lifestyle. North American

1991 Norman Mailer Harlot's Ghost Even the Joint Chiefs' flunkies live high on the military hog.

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