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dine off something to make a meal of something; to make many meals of something. Do you think we can dine off the leg of lamb for more than one meal? I hope we dine off the turkey only one more time. See also: dine How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Or sleep in tropical print bedding, dine off wild-animal-print dinnerware or sip tea from romantic soft green tea sets that look like the type used at seaside resorts. In these last passages, which include the now notorious dinner party where Clarice and Hannibal dine off the living brain of the man who has destroyed Clarice's career at the FBI, Harris betrays much of what he has written in Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, the two earlier novels of the so-called Lecter trilogy. The way to healing, he claimed, was to root around in the memory until a suitable villain appeared (Mom, Dad) and dine off that for a while. |
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