Idiom
fat of the land
Meaning
The greatest part of anything; the finest and most abundant share of resources; the cream of the crop.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The wealthy family lives off the fat of the land.”
“After winning the lottery, he quit his job to live off the fat of the land for a few years.”
“The aristocrats spent centuries living off the fat of the land while the common people struggled to find enough food to survive.”
Examples
simple
“The wealthy family lives off the fat of the land.”
contextual
“After winning the lottery, he quit his job to live off the fat of the land for a few years.”
complex
“The aristocrats spent centuries living off the fat of the land while the common people struggled to find enough food to survive.”
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