fat of the land
Life's best provisions
Fat of the land refers to the best and most abundant resources available—the richest produce, the choicest goods.
The phrase comes from the biblical story of Joseph, where Pharaoh promises Joseph's family they will "eat the fat of the land." To live off the fat of the land is to enjoy prosperity and plenty without hardship, sometimes with the implication of doing so without earning it.
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- plentySufficient quantity, and then some
- harvestGathering mature crops
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- living largeIndulging in excess
lap of luxury · field · wealth · bounty · cream of the crop · milk · live off · luxury · feast · richness · fruitfulness · fertile ground · good life · easy street · high on the hog · Genesis · bumper crop · opulence
fat of the landscraps
Small remaining pieces
leftovers · dregs · crumbs · bare bones · slim pickings
fat of the landtoil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
grinding poverty · sweat of one's brow · scraping by · hand-to-mouth · penny-pinching
fat of the landhand to mouth
Barely meeting basic needs
poverty · destitution · hardship · want · penury
fatty, fatness, fatten, fattened, fattening, fattier, fattiest, land, lands