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See: FEAST OR A FAMINE.

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feast or a famine

[feast or a famine] {n. phr.} Plenty or very little; big success or bad failure. * /In this business it's either a feast or a famine./ * /He is very […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[either a feast or a famine] See: [FEAST OR A FAMINE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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