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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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