eat the fat of the land

eat the fat of the land
(eat (live on, реже live off) the fat of the land)
жить в роскоши; жить припеваючи; как сыр в масле кататься [eat the fat of the land этим. библ. Genesis XLV, 18] см. тж. the fat of the land

We went to the theatre or the opera every night, and lived on the fat of the land in the best hotel in Europe... (A. Bennett, ‘A Great Man’, ch. XXV) — Каждый вечер мы ходили в театр, в том числе и в оперу, и наслаждались комфортом лучшей гостиницы Европы...

He's not starving now. He's living off the fat of Australia, probably doing much better than we are. (M. Dickens, ‘The Happy Prisoner’, ch. 6) — Джон не голодает. Он припеваючи живет в Австралии. Наверное, гораздо лучше нас.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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