0 a man or boy who has left his family in order to do something that the family disapprove of and has now returned home feeling sorry for what he has done:
I prefer to think of the parable of the prodigal son.
We have heard of the prodigal son and the herd of swine.
It is worthy of the prodigal son, to boast that one is spending four times more rapidly than one's income is providing.
I could not help thinking that he must have been descended from one of the jealous brothers of the prodigal son.
He is in no way a prodigal son.
There is also a welcome come-back of the shop steward, the prodigal son.
Is that an indication that he desires to play the part of the prodigal son?
Is there not a problem with this policy in regarding development status as a reward to the prodigal son?
