high off the hog, eat



high off the hog, eat

Also, live high on the hog. Prosper, live luxuriously, as in When Aunt Ida dies and they inherit her estate, they'll be eating high off the hog, or Since their loan was approved, they've been living high on the hog. It alludes to the choicest cuts of meat, which are found on a pig's upper flanks. [Late 1800s]
See also: eat, high, off

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
UlrikOOL-rikDanish, Swedish, Norwegian
Yejide-Western African, Yoruba
HabakkukHAB-ə-kək (English), hə-BAK-ək (English)Biblical
Hayatehah-yah-teJapanese
Mckinney[mə'kini:]
Gosia-Polish