road hog

road hog

A driver who takes up too much space on the road, making it difficult or impossible for other drivers to pass. Many morning commuters became frustrated at the road hog straddling two lanes.
See also: hog, road
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

road hog

Fig. someone who drives carelessly and selfishly. Look at that road hog driving in the middle of the road and stopping other drivers from passing him. That road hog nearly knocked the children over. He was driving too fast.
See also: hog, road
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

road hog

A motorist whose vehicle straddles two traffic lanes, as in Stay in your own lane, you road hog! This expression uses hog in the sense of "a greedy or selfish person." [Colloquial; late 1800s]
See also: hog, road
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

a ˈroad hog

(informal, disapproving) a person who drives in a dangerous way without thinking about the safety of other road users
If you hog the road, you drive so that other vehicles cannot pass.
See also: hog, road
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

road hog

n. someone who takes too much space on a road or highway; someone who seems to run other people off the road. Get over! Road hog!
See also: hog, road
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a road hog
  • be near to impossible
  • have no chance in hell
  • milk a duck
  • milking a duck
  • it boggles the mind
  • Catch-22
  • 22
  • a Catch 22
  • a catch-22 situation
References in periodicals archive
Steadily rising gas prices last summer, and the spikes driven by hurricanes Katrina and Rita this fall, have prompted many motorists to look askance at fuel-slurping road hogs in favor of vehicles powered by gasoline-electric hybrid engines.
Happenin' hybrids
Safety concerns, rollover concerns, higher gasoline prices, higher insurance costs and the higher cost of operating the huge road hogs are being blamed for a slowdown in sales of sport utility vehicles nationwide.
SUV sales still strong as market changes
The first floor has been turned over to six virtual families - ranging from a pensioner scrimping by on pounds 3,500 a year, to a well-off two job, two-kiddie couple earning more than pounds 100,000 a year, and five imaginary companies - ranging from the huge CD maker Musicalia to the tiny Road Hogs car firm, set up by a couple of car enthusiasts.
Boom or bust, try your fiscal fantasies here
ROAD HOGS Hungry piglets make suckers out of a car driver by stopping for a snack in the middle of the road in Albania
Pelican crossing? No, but there's a pig, alligator, bears and a seal..
This year's event boasted a fantastic fairground, an array of stunning stalls and live music, including a performance by returning favourites the Road Hogs. It was a far cry from last summer's event, which was blighted by the same heavy rains that lashed Coventry during the build up to this year's fayre.
Glorious sunshine makes day perfect; FAYRE: Families enjoy scorching weather and a variety of entertainment
Witnesses are urged to use the internet to shop road hogs they spot speeding, tailgating, jumping red lights or using mobiles at the wheel.
HOGS NETTED; EXCLUSIVE
Motoring organisation the IAM Trust said police could take action against road hogs for two offences - careless or inconsiderate driving and driving without reasonable consideration for other road users.
Call for action against drivers of large vehicles which cause tailbacks
Even with spasmodic enforcement and defiant road hogs still here, there has been only one serious accident since the reduction in the speed limit and it is a great relief not to see the tragic toll of speed.
Letter: Wishing success to speed limit call; Voice of the North
Traffic wardens, other motorists, road hogs and lost drivers also made it into the top 10 driving distractions according to Jamjarcars, one of the UK's leading internet-based car retailers.
SO, WHAT GIVES YOU ROAD RAGE
Committed road hogs need to look at the Almera 2.0 GTi or anything with a BMW badge on the front.
Motoring: Hotwheels runaround Nissan Almera
The police need to take more notice of these cyclist road hogs.
See the light, cyclists; Letters
The focus of this year's event is music with a Gospel choir, Road Hogs Rock and Blues, African drummers, Irish dancers and a host of young talent including Lucy Anderton, Infury Trash Metal Band, Tracy Nicholson and Brite Sparkz Cheerleaders.
Everything set Fair for a good day in Longford
Rasher-hour traffic: Not many cars on this road...but plenty of pigs; Road hogs beware: Humps and more pigs just around corner; Piggie bank: Drivers need worry about more than falling rocks; No porking: Paul with pig
ROAD SWINES; EXCLUSIVE We sniff out pig farmer behind island's bizarre traffic warnings
Boy racers, Sunday drivers, sales reps, taxi drivers, cyclists and drivers of Porsches, Land Rovers and Volkswagens, road hogs all, says White Van Man.
Is he, in his big bossy vehicle, merely an easy target, simply because he looks a bit rough?
This will be the biggest and best festival yet with musical events every night." The finale of the festival takes place on Sunday May 17 with a sedan chair race in Abbey Fields and the Party in the Park, with premier European BMX aerial display team MAD, the Kenilworth Suzuki Group, Vicky Daniels Dance Display, live music from Lament, the Battle of the Bands winner and Road Hogs, Alexander's Travelling Show and children's sports and family fun.
Festival well worth a visit; It's all going on in Kenilworth. From Monday until May 17 the Kenilworth Festival takes place. ANN EVANS highlights just some of the great entertainment lined up.: Family DayOut