meat Идиома

dead meat

finished, terminated, done for If you're caught driving drunk in Sweden, you're dead meat.

make mincemeat of

defeat badly, demolish, blow them away The heavyweight champ made mincemeat of the young boxer.

one man's meat is another man's poison

one person likes what another person hates, to each his own "Some people love his music; others hate it. One man's meat is another man's poison."

beat your meat

to jack off, to masturbate

meat-and-potatoes

Idiom(s): meat-and-potatoes

Theme: BASIC

basic, sturdy, and hearty. (Often refers to a robust person, usually a man, with simple tastes in food and other things. Fixed order.)
• Fred was your meat-and-potatoes kind of guy. No creamy sauces for him.
• There is no point in trying to cook up something special for the Wilsons. They are strictly meat-and-potatoes.

make mincemeat out of

Idiom(s): make hamburger out of someone or something AND make mincemeat out of someone or something

Theme: OVERCOME

to beat up or overcome someone or something. (Slang.)
• Stop acting silly, or I'll make hamburger out of you.
• Our team made mincemeat out of the other team.

Meat and drink

If something is meat and drink to you, you enjoy it and are naturally good at it, though many find it difficult.

Meat and potatoes

The meat and potatoes is the most important part of something. A meat and potatoes person is someone who prefers plain things to fancy ones.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

What works positively for one person may be harmful to another.

beat the meat|beat|meat

v. phr., vulgar, avoidable To masturbate (said primarily of men). "So what did you do for sex in prison for seven years?" Joe asked. "Well, unless you want to become gay, you can beat the meat and that's about it," Max answered.

make mincemeat (out) of|make|make micemeat out of|

v. phr. To destroy completely. The defense attorney made mincemeat of the prosecution's argument.

meatball

n., slang A dull, boring, slow-witted, or uninteresting person. You'll never get an interesting story out of that meatball stop inviting him.

one man's meat is another man's poison|man|meat|on

What is good for one person is not necessarily good for another.

A proverb, Even though Jeff likes to swim in ice cold water, his brother Tun hates it. This is understandable, however, because one's man's meat is another man's poison.
Antonym: WHAT'S SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER.

beat the meat

beat the meat
Masturbate, as in He was always beating the meat. This term, considered vulgar slang, is used for males, since it uses meat in the sense of “penis,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.

meat

meat
In addition to the idioms beginning with meat, also see beat the meat; one man's meat is another man's poison.
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- meat and drink to one
- meat and potatoes

meat and drink to one

meat and drink to one
A source of great satisfaction or delight, as in Good music is meat and drink to her. This metaphoric expression, transferring basic sustenance to satisfaction, appeared as early as 1533, in John Frith's A Boke Answering unto Mr. Mores Letter: “It is meat and drink to this child to play.”

mincemeat

mincemeat
see make mincemeat of.