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high on the hog

Speech parts

1. high on the hog - Adverb

2. high on the hog - Phrase

Meaning

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

(idiomatic, US) 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.

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If we could manage our own finances the way the Congress does the nation's, we'd all be living in high cotton and eating high on the hog. Charley Reese

I buy these in a plastic pouch for $4.99/lb, and since it was cut from the same fish as the expensive piece, I'm living high on the hog for pennies -- and the addition of wasabi powder to the spread separates it from the usual. Source: Internet

In their minds they are getting ripped off by "those people" who are freeloading and living high on the hog. Source: Internet

Now monsieur Doualeh makes it look like the 19 Eritrean POW are living high on the hog and the head Medusa of the ABI camp is asking the Djiboutian to “be merciful!” to the 19 Eritrean POW by providing a picture with 18 Eritrean men. Source: Internet

The impression that some media outlets would have you believe is that pensioners are living high on the hog thanks to generous index-linked final salary pension schemes. Source: Internet

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