Sad child under hog spoiled in every way (4,2,3,6)
I believe the answer is:
down to the ground
'every way' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'sad child under hog spoiled' is the wordplay.
'sad' becomes 'down' (down can mean sad or unhappy).
'child' becomes 'tot' (term for a young child).
'spoiled' is an anagram indicator.
'under'+'hog'='underhog'
'underhog' is an anagram of 'heground'.
'down'+'tot'+'heground'='DOWN TO THE GROUND'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for down to the ground that I've seen before include "Completely" , "Where foothall fans go on match day" , "it's the responsibility of the Oval, for example" , "Entirely" , "In every respect" .)