English Explanatory Dictionary

pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Reasonable ambition or profit leads to gain, yet excessive greed or overreaching leads to ruin.

Word forms

pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered
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