make a hog of oneself

make a hog of oneself
(make a hog (или pig) of oneself)
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I'm not going to sit there for fourteen days and watch that woman make a hog of herself. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Three Fat Women of Antibes’) — я не собираюсь сидеть там две недели и глядеть, как эта женщина каждый день обжирается.

Stella: "Mr. Kowalski is too busy making a pig of himself to think of anything else." (T. Williams, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, sc. VIII) — Стелла: "Мистер Ковальский ведет себя по-свински, он так увлекся едой, что до остального ему и дела нет."


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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