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词组 a movable feast
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Idiom
a movable feast
something that happens often but at different times so that you are not certain when it will next happen.
They usually have a party at some point in the summer but it's something of a movable feast.
idioma movable feast(also a moveable feast)used in order to say something can be changed depending on what happens in a situation or according to what people want to do:"When will the fair be held?" "Whenever the weather's good. It's a moveable feast."Douglas's living arrangements had always been a movable feast, a reflection of the lack of boundaries between his work and private life.
Note A movable feast is one of several religious holidays in the Church, which happen about the same time every year, although the date changes from year to year.

movable feast

An event or occurrence that does not happen on a predictable schedule. Since Easter does not fall on the same calendar date each year, it's often called a movable feast.

a movable feast

If an event is a movable feast, it can happen at different times or in different places. Held about 29 May, the festival was a movable feast. Working parents wish to spend time with their children after they get home, so bedtime has become a movable feast. Note: This expression originally referred to religious holidays that are always celebrated at about the same time of year, but not always on exactly the same day.

a movable feast

an event which takes place at no regular time.
In a religious context a movable feast is a feast day (especially Easter Day and the other Christian holy days whose dates are related to it) which does not occur on the same calendar date each year.
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