live like fighting cocks

To lead an extravagant life. Fighting cocks were typically well-fed, so as to increase their chances of success in a cock fight. A: "Did Tom and Stephanie really buy a mansion?" B: "Yes, and they've been living like fighting cocks ever since Tom inherited all that money."

See also: cock, fight, like, live

See also:

cock socket
cocksocket
snook
cock a snook
cock a snook at
cock a snook at somebody/something
cock a snook at someone/something
cock a snoot
cock a

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