- go the whole hog
- make a thorough job of something
They really went the whole hog in their efforts to welcome the foreign visitors.
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go the whole hog
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(the) whole hog — copulation Usually after courtship involving exploratory sexual acts, and in the phrase go the whole hog, meaning to do something completely, which was derived either from eating a male pig at a sitting or from drinking all of a hogshead of … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
go the whole hog — see under ↑whole • • • Main Entry: ↑go go the whole hog see under ↑whole • • • Main Entry: ↑hog go the whole hog 1. To do what one is doing thoroughly or completely … Useful english dictionary
go\ the\ whole\ hog — • go the whole hog • go whole hog v. phr. informal To do something completely or thoroughly; to give all your strength or attention to something. When Bob became interested in model airplanes, he went the whole hog. The family went whole hog at… … Словарь американских идиом
go the whole hog — or[go whole hog] {v. phr.}, {informal} To do something completely or thoroughly; to give all your strength or attention to something. * /When Bob became interested in model airplanes, he went the whole hog./ * /The family went whole hog at the… … Dictionary of American idioms
go the whole hog — or[go whole hog] {v. phr.}, {informal} To do something completely or thoroughly; to give all your strength or attention to something. * /When Bob became interested in model airplanes, he went the whole hog./ * /The family went whole hog at the… … Dictionary of American idioms
go the whole hog — If you go the whole hog, you do something completely or to its limits … The small dictionary of idiomes
go the whole hog — British, American & Australian, American to do something as completely as possible. It was going to cost so much to repair my computer, I thought I might as well go the whole hog and buy a new one. I went whole hog and had a huge steak and French … New idioms dictionary
go the whole hog — ► go the whole hog informal do something completely or thoroughly. Main Entry: ↑hog … English terms dictionary
go the whole hog — verb To do something as entirely or completely as possible; to reserve or hold back nothing. If you can afford a new computer, you might as well go the whole hog and get it custom built. Syn: go all out, pull out all the stops … Wiktionary
go the whole hog — If you go the whole hog, you do something completely or to its limits. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
