live\ high\ off\ the\ hog

live\ high\ off\ 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

  • 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

  • live high off the hog — If you are living high off the hog, you are living lavishly …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • live high off the hog — live very luxuriously or comfortably He has been living high off the hog since he won the money in the lottery …   Idioms and examples

  • live high off the hog —    Someone who lives high off the hog has a lot of money and a very comfortable lifestyle.     Now he s wealthy and living high off the hog …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • live high off the hog — live 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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • high off the hog — See: LIVE HIGH OFF THE HOG …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • high off the hog — See: LIVE HIGH OFF THE HOG …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • high\ off\ the\ hog — See: live high off the hog …   Словарь американских идиом

  • high off the hog — (or high on the hog) US informal : in a luxurious style Those movie stars live pretty high off the hog. • • • Main Entry: ↑high …   Useful english dictionary

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