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movable feast 
1. Lit. a religious holiday that is on a different date from year to year. Easter is the best known movable feast.
2. Fig. a meal that is served in motion or with different portions of the meal served at different locations. (Jocular or a complete misunderstanding of {1} but in wide use.) We enjoyed a real movable feast on the train from Washington to Maimi.
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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.
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Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard FLORENCE - The Siuslaw River Bridge is what's known as a "bascule" bridge, a term used to describe the movability of its double-leaf span that swings upward to clear the way for boat traffic below.
Lack of exercises and restricted movability of body is also one of the the factor of obesity as what we eat is converted in calories and if do not burn excess calories it may deposit as fat in our body.
 
 
 
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