fatted calf

1. 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.

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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.

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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.

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Was that a whiff of fatted calf we could smell this week?

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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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