high on the hog

基本解釋

They lived high on the hog for several years until they had no money.
他們山吃海喝奢侈了幾年，直至坐吃山空。
The Chinese people should know that not all Americans are living high on the hog .
老中要知道，不是所有的美國人都過著富裕舒適的生活。
Kammen, the head of an energy laboratory at Berkeley, says cheap energy enables Western countries to live high on the hog. And people want to copy us.
卡門，作為伯克利分校能源實驗室的負(fù)責(zé)人，說道低價能源能使西方國家生活得富足。因此人們紛紛想仿效我們。

This new movie—with Sinise as George and John Malkovich as Lenny—is the one that goes high on the hog.
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Harley investors are certainly living high on the hog right now - shares are up about 40% over the past year.
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For one, implicit in the above line is that we in the present are living high on the hog and leaving future generations the bill.
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