| 短语 | go the whole hog |
| 释义 | go the whole hog also go whole hog AmE informalto do something as completely or as well as you can, without any limits彻底地干; 尽力而为:•I'm gonna go whole hog and have a live band at the barbecue.我准备全力以赴，在烧烤野餐上组织一次现场乐队表演。go the whole hog informalto do something thoroughly彻底地干，干到底:•Let's go the whole hog and order champagne.我们索性点香槟吧。 go the whole hog informal do something completely or thoroughly 〈非正式〉彻底地干, 干到底。 [ORIGIN: of several origins suggested, one interprets hog as the American slang term for a ten cent piece; another refers the idiom to one of Cowper's poems （1779）, which discusses Muslim uncertainty about which parts of the pig are acceptable as food, leading to the whole hog' being eaten, because of confusion over Mohammed's teaching.] go the whole ˈhog(informal)to do sth thoroughly or completely彻底地做某事；贯彻到底 |
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