give a person or animal plenty to eat,causing him or it to gain weight长肥;养壮 The pigs are being fattened up for market.这些猪正在被催肥待售。 She is fattening up the ducks.她正在把鸭子养肥。 I'm trying to fatten him up as fast as I can.我在努力尽快把他养得壮实些。
kill the fatted calf
Idiom(s): kill the fatted calf
Theme: CELEBRATION
to prepare an elaborate banquet (in someone's honor). (From the biblical story recounting the return of the prodigal son.) • When Bob got back from college, his parents killed the fatted calf and threw a great party. • Sorry this meal isn't much, John. We didn't have time to kill the fatted calf.
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