road hog
Example Sentences
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The energy industry has become the stock market’s equivalent of a road hog.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2022
Streaming media, an increasingly popular type of traffic, is turning out to be a cyber road hog that flouts the rules and creates traffic jams.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2014
Whatever you choose, make sure there's plenty of it: in the words of one road hog, "If we ate as much at home as we eat on vacation, we'd all weigh 500 lbs."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Why do you turn out for every road hog that comes along?" said the missus, rather crossly.
From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix
Only it would be silly to try, because one wouldn't see anything, and would make oneself a nuisance as a "road hog" to everybody one met or passed.
From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
