go the whole hog

短语

彻底地干, 干到底, 完全接受

发音

UK /ˈɡəʊ ðə həʊl ˈhɒɡ/
US /ˈɡoʊ ðə hoʊl ˈhɔɡ/
AU
US /-ˈhɑɡ/

词形变化

goes the whole hog 三单 goes the whole hog going the whole hog gone the whole hog went the whole hog going the whole hog 现在分词 went the whole hog 过去式 gone the whole hog 过去式 gone the whole hog 过去分词

别名

go whole hog

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To do something as completely or entirely as possible; to hold back or reserve nothing.

    美国 习语 非正式 不及物

    If you can afford a new computer, you might as well go the whole hog and get it custom built.

词源

Origin uncertain; the following etymologies have been suggested: * A reference to using the whole of a hog’s carcass for food, leather, etc., without wasting any part; or specifically to a poem by the English poet William Cowper (1731–1800), “The Love of the World Reproved” (published 1782) in which uncertainty among Muslims about which parts of a hog are permitted as food leads to the whole animal being eaten. * A reference to hog (“(Ireland, New Zealand, UK, historical, slang) shilling; (US, obsolete, rare) ten-cent coin, dime”), possibly in the context of spending the entire sum of money.

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