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live high on the hog

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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)

See also: high, hog, live, on