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high off the hog

adv

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  1. Alternative form of high on the hog.

    • You are talking about the all income, so you are talking about a very sizable tax increase for a mall segment of our economy, I admit, but they are not exactly people who are eating highest off the hog at this point in our economy.
    • After paying off my debts, I started living a little higher off the hog, ordering the best bourbon at Marco's, dressing better, playing the lottery, and rejoining the poker game, where my luck was, as usual, lousy.
    • It must be said that the Jap guards didn't live high off the hog either.

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