Question of the Day #1266

Bikers are in hog heaven at Long Beach swap meet

From the headline of this article at The Orange County Register.

  上記の文で、hog heavenの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "hog heaven" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈俗〉至福［絶頂・最高］の時［状態・状況］

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

an extremely satisfying state or situation

 

Examples

1. We had plenty of food, good wine, and beautiful weather. We were in hog heaven.
2. Roslyn has got to Chile and she is in hog heaven. F. O'Connor, Letter 23 November in Habit of Being (1980)
3. He puts his jazz on loud, pours himself a stiff whisky and settles down in an armchair with a porn mag. He is in adolescent bachelor hog-heaven. Times (Nexis) 28 July
4. Today should be considered hog heaven: The economy is purring. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
5. Pictured grinning on the big screens, Perazzo looked to be in hog heaven. — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 May 2024

   

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