feast or famine (redirected from famine)

*(either) feast or famine

Fig. either too much (of something) or not enough (of something). (*Typically: be ~; have ~.) This month is very dry, and last month it rained almost every day. Our weather is either feast or famine. Sometimes we are busy, and sometimes we have nothing to do. It's feast or famine.

See also: feast

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feast or famine

something that you say which means that you either have too much of something or you have too little It's either feast or famine on television; last week there was nothing I wanted to see and this week there are three good films on at the same time.

See also: feast

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(either) feast or famine

either too much or too little of something It's feast or famine - last week I had no work, and now I am too busy!

Usage notes: often used in the form it's (either) feast or famine, as in the example

See also: feast