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fatted calf
Idioms and Phrases
see kill the fatted calf .Example Sentences
Josh Poling launched the Crave truck Monday at Rian’s Fatted Calf on Broadway Avenue, joining a handful of other food trucks.
Some do not find the biblical parable of the prodigal son to be the work of an entirely credible deity; the prodigal son returns to a feast of fatted calf, while the diligent good son gets McNuggets.
You were the good and prudent child, and now you’re glumly getting ready for the fatted calf to be slaughtered for your useless brother.
Was that a whiff of fatted calf we could smell this week?
With "Incredibles 2," Bird has returned to what he is brilliant at, and if animation fans are tempted to slaughter a fatted calf in celebration of this prodigal son's return, it's to be expected.
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