hog wild
Totally out of control
Hog wild describes unrestrained, reckless enthusiasm—behaving with abandon, often excessively.
The image is of a wild hog, uncontrollable and charging about: The kids went hog wild at the candy store.
Usually appears with "go": Don't go hog wild with the credit card.
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- exuberantIntensely lively and cheerful
- frenziedWildly out of control
- running amokActing violently without restraint
- uninhibitedFree from self-censorship
horseplay · monkey business · colloquialism · impulsive · throw caution · unrestrained · pig out · carefree · chaotic · loose cannon · informal speech · overzealous · slang · manic · pig-headed · hyperbole · out of control · American English
- Southern dialecty'all, fixin to, bless your heart, reckon, howdy