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high on the hog

high on the hog adverb: well off; living comfortably or extravagantly due to great wealth or financial security.

Adverb

high on the hog (comparative higher on the hog, superlative highest on the hog)

  1. (US, idiomatic) Well off; living comfortably or extravagantly due to great wealth or financial security.
    • 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”.1912, George S. Jack, Edward Boyle Jacobs, History of Roanoke County,, page 29

high on the hog meaning in Bengali

high on the hog in Bengali

সচ্ছল

Forms of high on the hog

comparativehigher on the hog
superlativehighest on the hog
alternative formhigh off the hog

Origin of high on the hog

An allusion to the best and costliest cuts of meat from a hog, considered to be parts above the belly such as the loin, rather than lower parts such as the feet, knuckles, hocks, belly, and jowls. US, late 1800s; popularized 1940s. The variant forms – live/eat and on/off – are attested since at least the 1930s. However, decades earlier is the phrase on the hog, originally on the hog train meaning someone living on little expense.

Questions about high on the hog

What does high on the hog mean?
High on the hog means well off; living comfortably or extravagantly due to great wealth or financial security.
What is high on the hog in Bengali?
High on the hog in Bengali is সচ্ছল. See High on the hog meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is high on the hog?
High on the hog is an adverb.

Words near high on the hog in the dictionary

  1. high occupancy vehicles
  2. high off the hog
  3. high old time
  4. high on life
  5. high on one's own supply
  6. high on the hog
  7. high on the totem pole
  8. High Ongar
  9. High Orchard
  10. high order bit
  11. high order bits

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