What is "lotus-eating?" Is it an idiom that means chilling out and wasting time?Is there a site where I can

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What is "lotus-eating?" Is it an idiom that means chilling out and wasting time?Is there a site where I can
It comes from a famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. You can read it on this site and understand what lotus eating is all about! http://textetc.com/workshop/wr-tennyson-...



For idioms generally, here are some sites: http://www.phrases.org.uk/

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/index...

http://www.usingenglish.com/links/Idioma...
Reply:here's any possible information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_eater...



as to words etymology look at this site

http://www.etymonline.com/
Reply:I think it can mean more than one thing

1. actual ingestion of the lotus flower, either the petals and/or seeds, the fragrance, or the colors

2.observation of the chakras that look like lotuses

3.various references to sexual activities

4.if you absorb the lotuses others are trying to raise/grow accidentally or intentionally ..and make them mad!

5.not observing the Sabbath! (7th day-7th chakra)

6.feeling a spiritual type of love possibly

7.looking at lotuses without any connotation that any damage will happen to the lotuses

8.recognizing one's state of spiritual humbleness
Reply:in literature, it means people who forget, either by using drugs or just ennui and a wish to dissassociate themselves from the real world.
Reply:www.urbandictionary.com will give you new terms in use