"vacas flacas" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "vacas gordas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lean cows"
      },
      "expansion": "“lean cows”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lean cows"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “lean cows”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "vaches maigres"
      },
      "expansion": "French vaches maigres",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “lean cows”; an allusion to the story in Genesis, chapter 41, in which Pharaoh has a dream in which seven lean cows devour seven fat cows. The dream is interpreted by Joseph to mean that seven years of plenty will be followed by seven years of famine (see Joseph (Genesis) § Joseph in prison). Compare French vaches maigres.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f-p"
      },
      "expansion": "vacas flacas f pl (plural only)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "va‧cas"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Pluralia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the lean years",
          "text": "los años de las vacas flacas",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leanness, little prosperity"
      ],
      "id": "en-vacas_flacas-es-noun-Lx7iHYw8",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) leanness, little prosperity"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "cuando vienen mal dadas"
        },
        {
          "word": "pintan bastos"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "idiomatic",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌbakas ˈflakas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌba.kas ˈfla.kas]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vacas flacas"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "vacas gordas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lean cows"
      },
      "expansion": "“lean cows”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lean cows"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “lean cows”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "vaches maigres"
      },
      "expansion": "French vaches maigres",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “lean cows”; an allusion to the story in Genesis, chapter 41, in which Pharaoh has a dream in which seven lean cows devour seven fat cows. The dream is interpreted by Joseph to mean that seven years of plenty will be followed by seven years of famine (see Joseph (Genesis) § Joseph in prison). Compare French vaches maigres.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f-p"
      },
      "expansion": "vacas flacas f pl (plural only)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "va‧cas"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cuando vienen mal dadas"
    },
    {
      "word": "pintan bastos"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish feminine nouns",
        "Spanish idioms",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish multiword terms",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish pluralia tantum",
        "Spanish rhyming phrases",
        "Spanish terms derived from the Bible",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the lean years",
          "text": "los años de las vacas flacas",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leanness, little prosperity"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) leanness, little prosperity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "idiomatic",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌbakas ˈflakas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌba.kas ˈfla.kas]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vacas flacas"
}