eat\ high\ on\ the\ hog

eat\ high\ on\ the\ hog
• eat high on the hog
• live high off the hog
v. phr.
To eat or live well or elegantly.

For the first few days after the check arrived, they ate high on the hog.

Compare: in clover or in the clover, on easy street

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • live high off the hog — or[eat high on the hog] See: EAT (LIVE) HIGH ON THE HOG or EAT (LIVE) HIGH OFF THE HOG …   Dictionary of American idioms

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