live high on the hog

also live high off the hog

to live in great comfort with a lot of money Gardner, who made only $8,000 last year, has definitely not been living high on the hog.

Related vocabulary: live it up

Etymology: based on the idea that better quality meat is found on the upper parts of a hog (pig)

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BlÁThnat	BLAW-nit	Irish, Irish Mythology
Fereydoon	-	Persian
Prochoros	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
NatÁLie	-	Czech
Stefan	SHTE-fahn (German), STAY-fahn (Dutch), STE-fahn (Polish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
Nelinha	-	Portuguese