Were did the expression whole hog come from?
example: I didn’t want to go whole hog but i couldn’t help it.
what about Hog wild?
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“to go the whole hog;” “the whole hog or none,” to do anything with a person’s entire strength, not “by halves;” realized by the phrase “in for a penny in for a pound.” Bartlett claims this to be a pure American phras; whilst Ker, of course, gives it a Dutch origin. – Old. “To go the whole hog” is frequently altered by those people who believe there is wit in circumlocution, into “the entire animal,” or “the complete swine!”
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4 years ago
Go The Whole Hog
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Well, i beleive it came from people in the country and they probably were greedy and maybe they ate the whole hog and that’s were it came from
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whole hog has been around for along time…….IT IS WHOLE HOG OR NOTHING. meaning you got to have it all. HOG WILD: I have heard hog wild and pig crazy…..nothing to do with farming………..And Ballards Farms has sasage ………Whole Hog………be my guest and choose which one you like.
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