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Fat in this sense is a positive meaning - you need some fat in your diet in order to stay healthy. This means that someone is living off what they can grow and catch and find in the wild - the healthy part of the land.
The saying "living off the fat of the land" means to enjoy the best and most abundant resources or riches that are available. It suggests living comfortably and luxuriously, often without having to work hard for it.
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This phrase means that you are living on whatever you grow on your land. This can be literal, as in you have a garden and/or raise animals for food. This can also be figurative, used to describe someone who is self-sufficient and supports themselves by their labors.
You try living off nothing but honey and see how fat you get.
You try living off nothing but honey and see how fat you get.
Leviticus 4:35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.The fat of the land, as in "living off the fat of the land," means that the land is fertile and produces a lot of food.
It means "Fat of the land."
The dream in "Of Mice and Men" is on page 40 in some editions of the book. This is when George is describing to Lennie their shared dream of owning a piece of land and living off the fat of the land.
It means "Fat of the land."
they live off the land
Lennie's job will be to feed and tend the rabbits.