meat

be dead meat (American & Australian, informal)

if you say that someone is dead meat, you mean that they will be punished severely for something they have done. You touch any of my things again and you're dead meat!

See also: dead

be easy meat (British & Australian, informal, American)

someone or something that is easy meat is easy to beat, criticize, or trick. United were easy meat in the semifinal on Wednesday. The elderly living alone are an easy mark for con-men.

See also: easy

be meat and drink to someone

if something is meat and drink to someone, they very much enjoy doing it and find it easy, although most people would find it difficult or unpleasant. He gives all these talks to terrifyingly large audiences but it's meat and drink to Peter.

See also: drink

be the meat in the sandwich (British & Australian)

to be in a difficult situation because you are the friend of two people who are arguing. I grew up with my parents continually yelling at each other so I was the meat in the sandwich.

See also: sandwich

a cattle market (British, American & Australian, informal, American & Australian, informal)

a place where people go to see sexually attractive women or to find sexual partners. Beauty contests are just cattle markets. That new nightclub called The Venue is awful - it's a real meat market.

See also: market

make easy meat of something/someone (British & Australian, informal)

be easy meat - someone or something that is easy meat is easy to beat, criticize, or trick. Our team made easy meat of them in the final.

See also: easy

the meat and potatoes (American, informal)

the most important or basic parts of something. They stuck to the meat and potatoes of broadcasting - sports and news.

See also: potato

your meat and two veg (British, humorous)

a man's sexual organs. I tell you what, his trousers were so tight you could see his meat and two veg!

See also: two

meat and two veg (British, informal)

a traditional type of meal, often found in Britain, which is basic and slightly boring, usually a piece of meat and two vegetables. The food is very much meat and two veg - you won't find any of your fancy French cuisine here.

See also: two

meat-and-potatoes (American, informal)

the meat and potatoes - the most important or basic parts of something. The focus was on jobs, health care, and other meat-and-potatoes issues. (always before noun)

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

something that you say which means that something one person likes very much can be something that another person does not like at all. I wouldn't want to do her job, but she seems to love it. Oh well, one man's meat is another man's poison.

See also: another, poison