单词 | go the whole hog |
释义 | go the whole hog informal Do something completely or thoroughly: George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society...
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 See parent entry: hog |
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