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词组 high off the hog
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high off the hog
adverb prosperously US, 1970

high off the hog

Ostentatiously. The phrase refers to the rich being able to afford the choicest cut of meat, which, from a pig, is higher up on the animal. They've been living high off the hog ever since David won the lottery. It must be a shock for them having to count their pennies like this—they're used to eating high off the hog, after all.
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