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Meaning of high on the hog | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

Well off; living comfortably or extravagantly due to great wealth or financial security.

US, idiomatic

Examples

“Ever since his promotion, they’ve been living high on the hog.”
“With all the tenderloin, spareribs and backbones, we lived “high off the hog”.”
“Down our way there is a favorite expression used quite often—“eating high on the hog”. That is what our competitors have been doing…”
“The synthetic belle wins the prize and her creators are eating high off the hog until the nation’s Press demands a look at the original.”
“If she was pulling this scam off all that time, I think she'd be living a little higher on the hog, don't you?”

CEFR level

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

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