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fat of the land en · NOUN
Meanings
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(idiomatic, uncountable) The greatest part of anything; the finest and most abundant share of resources; the cream of the crop.
to live off the fat of the land
“O.K. Someday—we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and——”
“An’ live off the fatta the lan’,” Lennie shouted.
1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, New York: Covici Friede, page 29:And take your father, and your housholds, and come vnto mee: and I wil giue you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 45:18:Under capitalism, the wealthy live off the fat of the land.