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call hogs

Rur. to snore. I couldn't sleep at all last night, with Cousin Joe calling hogs in the next room. Joe calls hogs so loud the windows rattle.

See also: call

go hog wild

Rur. to behave wildly. Have a good time at the party, but don't go hog wild. The teacher cannot control a class that is going hog wild.

See also: wild

go whole hog

to do everything possible; to be extravagant. Let's go whole hog. Order steak and lobster. Show some restraint. Don't go whole hog all the time.

See also: whole

hog wild

wild; out of control. I went hog wild at the sale and bought six new pairs of shoes. There were a dozen different desserts at the picnic. A person who liked sweets could go hog wild.

See also: wild

in hog heaven

Fig. very happy; having a wonderful time. Bill's a fan of Clark Gable, so when the movie theater had a Clark Gable movie festival, Bill was in hog heaven. Jane loves to quilt, so she was in hog heaven when they opened that new store for quilters.

See also: heaven

know as much about something as a hog knows about Sunday

Rur. to have no knowledge of something. Don't let Jim make dessert for the picnic. He knows as much about pies as a hog knows about Sunday. I had quite a time changing the tire, since I know as much about cars as a hog knows about Sunday.

See also: know, much, Sunday

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

Rur. to live well and eat good food. (Note the variation with pretty.) After they discovered oil on their land, they lived pretty high on the hog. Looks like we're living high off the hog tonight. What's the occasion?

See also: high, live

road hog

Fig. someone who drives carelessly and selfishly. Look at that road hog driving in the middle of the road and stopping other drivers from passing him. That road hog nearly knocked the children over. He was driving too fast.

See also: road

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a road hog  (old-fashioned)

a bad driver who does not allow other drivers to pass them on the road Come on, let me past, road hog!

See also: road

go hog wild  (American informal)

to become too excited and eager about something, often so that you do too much There's no need to go hog wild just because it's Sarah's birthday - she won't want such a fuss.

See also: wild

go the whole hog  (British, American & Australian) also go whole hog (American)

to do something as completely as possible It was going to cost so much to repair my computer, I thought I might as well go the whole hog and buy a new one. I went whole hog and had a huge steak and French fries.

See also: whole

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.

See also: high, live

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go whole hog

to do something as completely as possible We decided the only way we could afford vacations is to go camping, so we went whole hog and got the tents and sleeping bags and everything else.

See also: whole

live high on the hog also live high off the hog

to live in great comfort with a lot of money Gardner, who made only $8,000 last year, has definitely not been living high on the hog.

Related vocabulary: live it up

Etymology: based on the idea that better quality meat is found on the upper parts of a hog (pig)

See also: high, live