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