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lotus_eater
lotus eater
English
Noun
lotus eater (plural lotus eaters)
- One of the Lotophagi (see Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos)).
- (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."
- 1974, John le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, chapter 32