high on the hog

基本解释

They lived high on the hog for several years until they had no money.
他们山吃海喝奢侈了几年，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，不是所有的美国人都过著富裕舒适的生活。
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.
卡门，作为伯克利分校能源实验室的负责人，说道低价能源能使西方国家生活得富足。因此人们纷纷想仿效我们。

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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