feast or famine — phrase a situation in which there is either far too much of something or not nearly enough of it Thesaurus: difficult situations and experiencessynonym Main entry: feast * * * either too much of something or too little … Useful english dictionary
feast or famine — (either) feast or famine either too much or too little of something. It s feast or famine last week I had no work, and now I am too busy! Usage notes: often used in the form it s (either) feast or famine, as in the example … New idioms dictionary
feast-or-famine — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : marked by extremes (as of success and failure or prosperity and depression) ski area operators agree that theirs is uniquely a feast or famine business William Gilman it follows … that mineral exploitation is a… … Useful english dictionary
feast-or-famine — /feest euhr fam in/, adj. characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast or famine life. * * * … Universalium
feast or famine — we either have too little or too much, boom or bust When we were in business we d have years of profit followed by years of loss. It was feast or famine … English idioms
feast or famine — something that you say which means that you either have too much of something or you have too little. It s either feast or famine on television; last week there was nothing I wanted to see and this week there are three good films on at the same… … New idioms dictionary
feast today, famine tomorrow — If you indulge yourself with all that you have today, you may have to go without tomorrow … The small dictionary of idiomes
Feast or Famine (Chuck Ragan album) — Infobox Album Name = Feast or Famine Type = studio Longtype = Artist = Chuck Ragan Released = August 7, 2007 Recorded = 2007 at Mad Dog Studios Genre = Length = 45:48 Label = SideOneDummy Producer = Ted Hutt, Ryan Mall Reviews = Last album = This … Wikipedia
Feast and Famine (film) — Infobox Film name = Feast and Famine image size = caption = director = Sydney Ayres producer = writer = George A. Posner starring = B. Reeves Eason William Garwood distributor = Mutual Film Corporation released = July 8, 1914 runtime = country =… … Wikipedia
feast or famine — noun A situation in which something is always either extremely abundant or in extremely short supply … Wiktionary
