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high on the hog

NOUN
prosperity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accomplishment benefit boom expansion growth inflation interest riches success wealth welfare well-being
STRONG
abundance advantage arrival clover do ease exorbitance fortune good increase luxury opulence plenteousness plenty successfulness velvet victory
WEAK
bed of roses easy street flying colors good times gravy train life of luxury prosperousness the good life thriving
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decrease disadvantage failure lessening loss shrinkage stagnation
STRONG
lack restriction
WEAK
poorness poverty
NOUN
prosperousness
Synonyms
WEAK
abundance accomplishment advantage arrival bed of roses benefit boom clover comfort comfortable ease easy street exorbitance expansion flying colors fortune good good times gravy train growth increase inflation interest life of luxury luxury opulence plenteousness plenty riches success successfulness the good life thriving velvet victory wealth welfare well-being

Example Sentences

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"Living high on the hog," as one put it.

From BBC • May 18, 2024

“So how he was living high on the hog, we’re not 100% sure yet.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

That is what it takes when you are a CEO of a company that has been riding high on the hog for so many years and rethinking things.

From The Verge • May 3, 2022

I’m used to eating high on the hog off the $165 menu at Komi.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2019

He 126 always got them to shell out, and he was living pretty high on the hog.

From With No Strings Attached by Schelling, George Luther