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live high on the hog

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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, hog, live


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Investors that want to live high on the hog may want to ride a position of Harley-Davidson.
This Prince of Pork and his associates live high on the hog -- private jets, luxury hotels, limos .
 
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