dine 成语

wine and dine

Idiom(s): wine and dine sb

Theme: EATING - ENTERTAINMENT

to treat someone to an expensive meal of the type that includes fine wines; to entertain someone lavishly. (Fixed order.)
• The lobbyists wined and dined the senators one by one in order to influence them.
• We were wined and dined every night and given the best hotel accommodations in town.

packed in like sardines

Idiom(s): packed (in) like sardines

Theme: PROXIMITY

packed very tightly. (Many variations are possible, as in the examples.)
• It was terribly crowded there. We were packed in like sardines.
• The bus was full. The passengers were packed like sardines.
• They packed us in like sardines.

dine out

Idiom(s): eat (a meal) out AND dine out

Theme: EATING

to eat a meal at a restaurant.
• I like to eat a meal out every now and then.
• Yes, it's good to eat out and try different kinds of food.
• It costs a lot of money to dine out often.

Dine on ashes

I someone is dining on ashes he or she is excessively focusing attention on failures or regrets for past actions.

Packed like sardines

If a place is extremely crowded, people are packed like sardines, or packed in like sardines.

Wild and Dine

When somebody is treated to an expensive meal.

dine out|dine

v. phr. To not eat at home but to go to a restaurant. "Let's dine out tonight, honey," she said to her husband. "I am tired of cooking dinner every night." See: EAT OUT.

packed (in) like sardines|pack|packed|packed like

adj. phr. So tightly crowded that there is hardly room to turn. The trains are so full during rush hour that we must go to work packed in like sardines.

dine

dine
In addition to the idiom beginning with dine, also see eat out; wine and dine.

dine out on

dine out on
Be invited to dinner because of something one knows about and can discuss. For example, “In a couple of years you will be dining out on this murder” (Ngaio Marsh, A Man Lay Dead, 1934). [First half of 1900s] Also see eat out; sing for one's supper.

sardine

sardine
see packed in like sardines.