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high off the hog, eat
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Also, live high on the hog . Prosper, live luxuriously, as in When Aunt Ida dies and they inherit her estate, they'll be eating high off the hog , or Since their loan was approved, they've been living high on the hog . It alludes to the choicest cuts of meat, which are found on a pig's upper flanks. [Late 1800s]Advertisement
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