movable feast
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of movable feast
Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325
Example Sentences
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But then within some of the interstitial stuff and the scenes and the comedy and the physicality and the movement, yeah, it’s a movable feast.
From Los Angeles Times
My exercise regimen is not a movable feast that I can shift into an optimal time slot.
From New York Times
There is no end to the movable feast of materials that can be turned into tables, just as there is no end to the things you can put on them.
From New York Times
While we were on tour, as Ernest Hemingway said, we were a movable feast.
From Los Angeles Times
This year’s movable feast of outstanding museum and gallery exhibitions often left me breathless.
From New York Times
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