🐷 Pig
"Go whole hog"
Meaning
To do something completely, not halfway.
About the pig
Pigs are associated with mess and excess in folklore, which is where idioms about greed and untidiness come from.
Example sentence
For her birthday, they went whole hog with music, food, and balloons.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
To do something completely, not halfway.
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