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feast or famine

feast or famine noun: a situation in which something is always either extremely abundant or in extremely short supply.

Noun

feast or famine (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) A situation in which something is always either extremely abundant or in extremely short supply.

Forms of feast or famine

alternative formfamine or feast

Questions about feast or famine

What does feast or famine mean?
Feast or famine means a situation in which something is always either extremely abundant or in extremely short supply.
What part of speech is feast or famine?
Feast or famine is a noun.

Words near feast or famine in the dictionary

  1. Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
  2. Feast of Trumpets
  3. Feast of Tsing Ming
  4. Feast of Weeks
  5. feast one's eyes
  6. feast or famine
  7. Feast Week
  8. feastday
  9. feastdays
  10. feaste
  11. feasted

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