EAT HIGH OFF THE HOG

Meaning of EAT HIGH OFF THE HOG in English

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Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

EAT HIGH OFF THE HOG — (See high on the hog)
English Idioms vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) high blood pressure Aswan High Dam High Commission Court of High Court of Admiralty …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOG — I. ˈhȯg, -ä- noun ( plural hogs also hog ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English hogge, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOG — — hoglike , adj. /hawg, hog/ , n. , v. , hogged, hogging . n. 1. a hoofed mammal of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGH — /huy/ , adj., higher, highest , adv., higher, highest , n. adj. 1. having a great or considerable extent or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOG — I. ˈhȯg, ˈhäg noun ( plural hogs also hog ) Etymology: Middle English hogge, from Old English hogg Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIGH — I. ˈhī adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hēah; akin to Old High German hōh high, Lithuanian kaukaras hill …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
HOG — noun a mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. 2. hog ·noun a young sheep that has not been shorn. 3. hog …
Webster English vocab
HIGH — vi to hie. 2. high ·noun the highest card dealt or drawn. 3. high ·noun people of rank or high …
Webster English vocab
EAT — of eat. 2. eat ·vi to make one's way slowly. 3. eat ·vi to taste or relish; as, it eats …
Webster English vocab
HOG — [hog] n, pl hogs also hog [ME hogge, fr. OE hogg] (14c) 1: a domestic swine esp. when weighing more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIGH — [high] adj [ME, fr. OE heah; akin to OHG hoh high, Lith kaukaras hill] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having large …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EAT — [eat] vb ate ; eat.en ; eat.ing [ME eten, fr. OE etan; akin to OHG ezzan to eat, L edere, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIGH — high BrE AmE haɪ ▷ higher ˈha ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈhaɪ‿ ə r ▷ highest ˈha ɪ ‿ɪst əst ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EAT — / iːt; NAmE / verb ( ate / et; NAmE ; especially NAmE eɪt/, eaten / ˈiːtn; NAmE /) 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOG — I. hog 1 /hɒɡ $ hɑːɡ, hɒːɡ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hogg ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIGH — I. high 1 S1 W1 /haɪ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative higher , superlative highest ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EAT — eat S1 W1 /iːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense ate /et, eɪt $ eɪt/, past participle eaten /ˈiːtn/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOG — n. & v. --n. 1 a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1 a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOG — n. & v. n. 1 a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1 a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
HOG — n. & v. --n. 1. a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1. a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOG — ( hogs, hogging, hogged) 1. A hog is a pig. In British English, hog usually refers to a large male …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOG — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES memory hog road hog COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE whole ▪ You could hire …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGH — n. High Plateau high blood pressure Aswan High Dam High Commission Court of High Court of Admiralty high jump high …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HIGH — Synonyms and related words : Dutch courage, Gymnasium, Hydromatic, Latin school, Olympian, Realgymnasium, Realschule, a bit much, a high, abandoned, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EAT — Synonyms and related words : ablate, absorb, assimilate, bite, bleed white, break bread, burn up, canker, consume, corrode, count calories, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOG — See: EAT (LIVE) HIGH ON THE HOG or EAT (LIVE) HIGH OFF THE HOG, GO THE WHOLE HOG or GO …
Slang English vocab
HOG — A shilling. To drive one's hogs; to snore: the noise made by some persons in snoring, being not much unlike …
Slang English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HIGH — n. high and low high and mighty high flown high handed high hat high hearted high jinks high minded high …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EAT — v. Function: verb 1 to take in as food FF1C; they quickly ate a light breakfast FF1E; Synonyms: consume, devour, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EAT — verb 1. to take in as food they quickly ate a light breakfast Synonyms: consume, devour, feed (on), ingest, meal, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
EAT — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ We ate very well most of the time (= had lots of nice food) . …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HIGH — INDEX: high above the ground 1. a long way above the ground 2. a high building/mountain/tree etc 3. how high …
Longman Activator English vocab
EAT — See ↑ EAT 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ couldn't eat another thing • ↑ feel like something to eat/want something to …
Longman Activator English vocab
EAT — INDEX: 1. to eat 2. to have a meal 3. to eat a lot or too much 4. to eat …
Longman Activator English vocab
HIGH — n. 25B6; adjective a high mountain : TALL, lofty, towering, elevated, giant, big; multi-storey, high-rise. a high position in the …
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