(EITHER) FEAST OR FAMINE

(either) feast or famine: translation

Fig. either too much (of something) or not enough (of something). (*Typically: be \(either) feast or famine; have \(either) feast or famine.) •

This month is very dry, and last month it rained almost every day. Our weather is either feast or famine.

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Sometimes we are busy, and sometimes we have nothing to do. It's feast or famine.