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Noun
vacas gordas f pl (plural only)
- (idiomatic) Prosperity
los años de las vacas gordas- the boom years
1884-1885, Benito Pérez Galdós, Lo prohibido:El año 83 hallome, pues, con una merma considerable en mi fortuna y con cierta tendencia a trocar la condición de rentista por la de propietario. Mi cuenta corriente no me recordaba, ni con mucho, el apólogo de las vacas gordas, pues tanto la ordeñé, que hubo de terminar el año en los puros huesos.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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