A municipality of Les Laurentides, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.

to kill the fatted calf (to begin a festive celebration and rejoicing for someone's long-awaited return)

to get bored, to be bored, to feel like time is dragging

(informal) to rush in, to barge in there, to go scorched earth, to go straight into it

(figuratively) to trim, to remove what's superfluous

(informal) all but, very nearly

Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (a village in the Hérault department, Occitanie, France)

(figuratively) to provoke, to stir

(figuratively) to shoot the messenger (to blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable for a problem because they brought attention to it)

(informal, figuratively) to criticise someone who is doing his best; to lash out at someone who means well; to be unappreciative of a service provided for free