Meaning of high off the hog | Babel Free

Definitions

Adverb. [C2]

Examples

“You are talking about the all income, so you are talking about a very sizable tax increase for a mall segment of our economy, I admit, but they are not exactly people who are eating highest off the hog at this point in our economy.”

“After paying off my debts, I started living a little higher off the hog, ordering the best bourbon at Marco's, dressing better, playing the lottery, and rejoining the poker game, where my luck was, as usual, lousy.”

“It must be said that the Jap guards didn't live high off the hog either.”

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