go the whole hog
动词 v.
英 /ˈɡəʊ ðə həʊl ˈhɒɡ/
美 /ˈɡoʊ ðə hoʊl ˈhɔɡ/|/-ˈhɑɡ/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To do something as completely or entirely as possible; to hold back or reserve nothing.
— 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.
* 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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