英语词汇living off the fat of the land的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	living off the fat of the land
词源	living off the fat of the land. To be living a life in which one has the best of everything, especially foods. The expression is based on a verse from the Bible (Gen. 45:18): “Ye shall eat the fat of the land.”
随便看	better a hash at home than a roast with strangers better half better late than never better mousetrap better to give than to receive betty between a rock and a hard place between grass and hay between scylla and charybdis between the cup and the lip there-s many a slip between the devil and the deep blue sea between the lines between wind and water between you me and the bedpost between you me and the lamppost beulah land bevinism beware of and eschew pompous prolixity beware of dog beware of greeks bearing gifts beware the ides of march beyond the pale be your age bhopal bialy

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