live like fighting cocks



live like fighting cocks

To lead an extravagant life. Fighting cocks were typically well-fed, so as to increase their chances of success in a cock fight. A: "Did Tom and Stephanie really buy a mansion?" B: "Yes, and they've been living like fighting cocks ever since Tom inherited all that money."
See also: cock, fight, like, live

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Timurtee-MOOR (Russian)History, Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian
Abd Al-Latif-Arabic
Demetrius[də'mi:triəs]
WestonWES-tənEnglish
Goranka-Croatian, Serbian
Yunus-Arabic, Turkish