lotus eater

One who indulges in idleness, luxury, and pleasure. From The Odyssey, but Homer, the Lotus Eaters were inhabitants of an island who spent every day eating flowers that made them interested in nothing but their own comfort and pleasure. Lounging on the beach of the tiny Greek island, I began dreaming up ways I could become a lotus eater there forever.

lotus eater

Someone whose only interests are luxury and sensual pleasures, a sybarite. In The Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew encounter the Lotus Eaters, island inhabitants who spend their lives eating a narcotic that causes them to be drowsy and disinterested in anything but their own pleasure, sort of Homeric Flower Children. Several crew members partook and had to be dragged back to the ship to which they were chained until they kicked the habit.

See also: eater

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

at (one's) pleasure
at your/somebody's pleasure
eat the bread of idleness
idleness
have had the pleasure
alter ego
ego
lady of pleasure
(it is) (one's) pleasure
indulge in (something)

References in periodicals archive

Like Miranda, The Lotus Eaters presents the details of Helen's ten-year sojourn in Vietnam within a frame.

Interpreters of violence: novels and memoirs about female journalists of the Vietnam War

We also have our centurions standing before the barbarian hampered by defective equipment, no or little support and their action, their valour and their lives denigrated by the lotus eaters. By centurions I encompass the armed forces, police, nurses, firefighters, in fact the last of the doers.

Highways concerns have to be addressed

"We have been living in the land of lotus eaters," Cohen said, explaining how the government has become lax with immigration policies, border control, military funding, and maintenance of fire and police services.

Insights Shared on Terrorism Threat. (Terrorism Forum)

Djerba is the legendary land of the Lotus Eaters, so hospitable that when Ulysses stopped off he had trouble getting his crew to leave for the rest of their Odyssey.

Holidays: Seek out the souk for your holiday haggling

McGowan and Thompson had just completed their successful film, The Lotus Eaters, which won several prestigious Genie Awards.

Making (Better than) chocolate

They are, of course, the duo responsible for the Genie Award-winner, The Lotus Eaters.

From sea to sea (television and movie production in Canada)

She sings a ballad for the very tired and very sad lotus eaters.

My top five: 'The Language of Life' by Everything But The Girl; 'Two Wheels Good/Steve McQueen' by Prefab Sprout; 'No Sense of Sin' by The Lotus Eaters; 'Out of Time' by R.E.M., and 'Violator' by Depeche Mode.

Medwin Marfil: Songs must be sung live-or you don't sing at all

Reflecting a ground-breaking approach to vocal writing, Beat Furrer's LotEfagos for soprano and double-bass was written in 2006 and premiered by the very same artist who will give its Cyprus premiere as part of the festival -- the double-bassist Uli Fussenegger of Klangforum Wien who, this time, will be joining forces with French soprano Helene Fauchere to present a composition based on Jose Eungel Valente's poem describing Ulysses' companions and their adventure on the island of the lotus eaters. Billed as "a unique approach to contemporary music", LotEfagos is described as "pursuing a process of deconstruction, of Oblivion."

Linking old and new music

We have "traveled" to Vietnam, China, Italy, Ukraine, England, Burma, and India, while delving into The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli, The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato, Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker, and The Good Wife by Anne Cherian.

Book groups

With everything laid on, lotus eaters might be tempted to lie back and enjoy it all.

Halkidiki haven; NIGEL WILLIAMS HAS ALL-INCLUSIVE FUN IN GREECE

"Music-wise, I loved the Lotus Eaters and China Crisis.

No need to 'Calm down! Calm down!' Mark Moraghan tells Paddy Shennan that Scousers can sometimes be misunderstood: This is My City

Aa Keane originally formed in 1995 in Battle, East Sussex, but were better known as The Lotus Eaters. The name was later changed in memory of a family friend of both Rice-Oxley and lead vocalist Tom Chaplin.

Keane machine

Linda Murray, Glasgow parseries The Lotus Eaters ran from 1972-3.

Showbiz Sam; THE MAN IN THE KNOW

13 Who played alcoholic proprietor of Shepherd's Bar tavern in the 70s drama The Lotus Eaters?

THE SATURDAY TV QUIZ

词组	lotus eater
释义	lotus eater lotus eater One who indulges in idleness, luxury, and pleasure. From The Odyssey, but Homer, the Lotus Eaters were inhabitants of an island who spent every day eating flowers that made them interested in nothing but their own comfort and pleasure. Lounging on the beach of the tiny Greek island, I began dreaming up ways I could become a lotus eater there forever. See also: eater Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. lotus eater Someone whose only interests are luxury and sensual pleasures, a sybarite. In The Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew encounter the Lotus Eaters, island inhabitants who spend their lives eating a narcotic that causes them to be drowsy and disinterested in anything but their own pleasure, sort of Homeric Flower Children. Several crew members partook and had to be dragged back to the ship to which they were chained until they kicked the habit. See also: eater Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: at (one's) pleasure at your/somebody's pleasure eat the bread of idleness idleness have had the pleasure alter ego ego lady of pleasure (it is) (one's) pleasure indulge in (something) References in periodicals archive Like Miranda, The Lotus Eaters presents the details of Helen's ten-year sojourn in Vietnam within a frame. Interpreters of violence: novels and memoirs about female journalists of the Vietnam War We also have our centurions standing before the barbarian hampered by defective equipment, no or little support and their action, their valour and their lives denigrated by the lotus eaters. By centurions I encompass the armed forces, police, nurses, firefighters, in fact the last of the doers. Highways concerns have to be addressed "We have been living in the land of lotus eaters," Cohen said, explaining how the government has become lax with immigration policies, border control, military funding, and maintenance of fire and police services. Insights Shared on Terrorism Threat. (Terrorism Forum) Djerba is the legendary land of the Lotus Eaters, so hospitable that when Ulysses stopped off he had trouble getting his crew to leave for the rest of their Odyssey. Holidays: Seek out the souk for your holiday haggling McGowan and Thompson had just completed their successful film, The Lotus Eaters, which won several prestigious Genie Awards. Making (Better than) chocolate They are, of course, the duo responsible for the Genie Award-winner, The Lotus Eaters. From sea to sea (television and movie production in Canada) She sings a ballad for the very tired and very sad lotus eaters. Up My top five: 'The Language of Life' by Everything But The Girl; 'Two Wheels Good/Steve McQueen' by Prefab Sprout; 'No Sense of Sin' by The Lotus Eaters; 'Out of Time' by R.E.M., and 'Violator' by Depeche Mode. Medwin Marfil: Songs must be sung live-or you don't sing at all Reflecting a ground-breaking approach to vocal writing, Beat Furrer's LotEfagos for soprano and double-bass was written in 2006 and premiered by the very same artist who will give its Cyprus premiere as part of the festival -- the double-bassist Uli Fussenegger of Klangforum Wien who, this time, will be joining forces with French soprano Helene Fauchere to present a composition based on Jose Eungel Valente's poem describing Ulysses' companions and their adventure on the island of the lotus eaters. Billed as "a unique approach to contemporary music", LotEfagos is described as "pursuing a process of deconstruction, of Oblivion." Linking old and new music We have "traveled" to Vietnam, China, Italy, Ukraine, England, Burma, and India, while delving into The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli, The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato, Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker, and The Good Wife by Anne Cherian. Book groups With everything laid on, lotus eaters might be tempted to lie back and enjoy it all. Halkidiki haven; NIGEL WILLIAMS HAS ALL-INCLUSIVE FUN IN GREECE "Music-wise, I loved the Lotus Eaters and China Crisis. No need to 'Calm down! Calm down!' Mark Moraghan tells Paddy Shennan that Scousers can sometimes be misunderstood: This is My City Aa Keane originally formed in 1995 in Battle, East Sussex, but were better known as The Lotus Eaters. The name was later changed in memory of a family friend of both Rice-Oxley and lead vocalist Tom Chaplin. Keane machine Linda Murray, Glasgow parseries The Lotus Eaters ran from 1972-3. Showbiz Sam; THE MAN IN THE KNOW 13 Who played alcoholic proprietor of Shepherd's Bar tavern in the 70s drama The Lotus Eaters? THE SATURDAY TV QUIZ
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