Mr. Murphy seems less sure of himself working with fish, especially the leaner ones.

The next fifty years were lean ones for Kamchatka.

Back at the works, the early V12 years were lean ones.

Intuitively, the downturn might not look that surprising, since we generally expect several fat years to be followed by lean ones.

By their standards, the recent years have been lean ones for the Lady Vols.

"Those lean ones may yet find their way around this bog."

He worked the lean ones harder, though, and few teams had seen the intensity that Rake brought to the field in August 1992.

I am reminded of Joseph - seven fat years followed by seven lean ones.

Let's prepare for the lean ones by retiring debt.

Other cost-conscious companies are turning to incentive plans that let their employees benefit during the fat years, but not the lean ones.