the fat of the land

fat of the land

1. The hypothetical surplus that one can access in order to live comfortably without working very hard. Often used in the phrase "live off the fat of the land." Ben has been living off the fat of the land for too long—it's time for him to get a job!
2. The best of something. It's a party, and we've got some delicious food—come on, everybody, and enjoy the fat of the land!
See also: fat, land, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the fat of the land

Desirable resources, especially when acquired with little effort: I fantasized about buying a farm and living off the fat of the land.
See also: fat, land, of
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • fat of the land
  • fat of the land, the
  • live out
  • live for
  • live for (someone or something)
  • all the way live
  • they that live longest see most
  • tweet
  • live-tweet
  • live and let live
References in periodicals archive
You could understand Howlett's desire not to repeat himself musically, but clearly to a considerable proportion of the people who had bought 'The Fat of the Land', Flint was the Prodigy.
However, when I picked up the April, 18, 2011 Life & Health issue, I notice the article, "The Fat of the Land." This is a health issue you are writing about, sir.
I imagine he's already dreaming of settling down on his beautiful Punjab plot and living off the fat of the land.
"These scroungers live on the fat of the land." So do selfcentred people condemn themselves, out of their own mouths.
THE FAT OF THE LAND How the calorie increases stack up in England, Scotland and Wales.
It's about time the people who are handing out these benefits wake up and smell the coffee; some of the so-called disabled are living on the fat of the land.
We live off the fat of the land. In many countries, being fat is an indicator of you being able to afford more food than your neighbour.
Due to a multiplication error, the Spring 2008 Spyhopping column "Tapping the Fat of the Land" overestimated the weight of overweight Americans.
WHEN days are long, hot and carefree and the fat of the land is freely at hand to be ladled onto the collective over-brimming plate, the last thing anyone thinks of doing is selling former homes of famous poets.
Last week's two-hour finale of "The Biggest Loser" gave NBC its biggest Tuesday night in four years--but the Peacock isn't the only one living off the fat of the land.
According to columnist Michael Fumento, author of The Fat of the Land and not a man given to attacking corporate misdeeds, kids watch an average of 40,000 commercials a year, roughly half of which are food ads.
1 with Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned, their first new material since The Fat of the Land.
I suspect it will sell well in its initial release spell but not repeat the crossover success that made The Fat of the Land such a success.
Coldplay's debut Parachutes is seventh followed by the Prodigy's the Fat of the Land.
We're a little bit a victim of the last 10 or 12 years because since the end of Desert Storm and the fall of the Berlin Wall, we've been able to live, you might say, off the fat of the land. We haven't kept up industrial capacity in some of these areas.