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Meaning of make a pig of oneself | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To eat to excess; to overeat; to gorge.

idiomatic

Examples

“As the intoxicating aroma of hot bread wafted around her, and it was all she could do to keep herself from diving in and making a pig of herself.”
“Sloan had made a pig of himself with the caviar, accompanied by multiple shots of vodka, which had also been my poison for the evening in the spirit of welcoming 2011.”
“Happy grinned broadly, entirely unmoved, put his feet up on the opposite seat, and made a pig of himself with free food and drink from the complimentary trolley.”

CEFR level

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

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