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lotus_eater

lotus eater

English

Noun

lotus eater (plural lotus eaters)

  1. One of the Lotophagi (see Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos)).
  2. (figuratively) Someone with an easy life who does not worry about much.
    • 1974, John le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, chapter 32
      "You're a lucky man, Jim," he kept saying. "You've been ordered to become a lotus-eater."