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单词 go the whole hog
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go the whole hog

informal Do something completely or thoroughly: George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society...
  • In my view we have gone the whole hog to get the information we need, ‘says Mr Allen.’
  • For their new album, the band have gone the whole hog; collaborating with a director to create film segments to accompany every single track.
  • With authentic Italian specialties as well as wines from Italy, the restaurant is going the whole hog to ensure that the ingredients are as real as it gets - and so is flying them down from Italy.
Of several origins suggested, one interprets hog as the American slang term for a ten cent piece; another refers to one of Cowper's poems (1779), which discusses Muslim uncertainty about which parts of the pig are acceptable as food, leading to the ‘whole hog’ being eaten
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