英语词汇kill the fatted calf的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	kill the fatted calf
词源	kill the fatted calf. When the Prodigal Son returns home in the biblical story (Luke 15:23) his father prepares a great feast for him saying: “Bring hither the fatted calf and kill it.” The sto- ry gives us the old expression to kill the fatted calf, to make a sumptuous feast to welcome someone.
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