(the) whole hog

(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 ale:
    She was disappointed. That I didn't go the whole hog. (Amis, 1980)

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  • (the) whole hog — Noun. The complete amount. Informal …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • (the) whole hog — Noun. The complete amount. Informal …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • 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

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