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dead meat

Fig. dead; as good as dead. (Usually an exaggeration.) If you don't do exactly as I say, you are dead meat!

See also: dead

like a blind dog in a meat market

Rur. out of control. The drunk staggered out of the saloon like a blind dog in a meat market, stumbling all over the sidewalk. The kids tore through the museum like a blind dog in a meat market, touching everything they weren't supposed to touch.

See also: blind, dog, like, market

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

Prov. Something that one person likes may be distasteful to someone else. Fred: What do you mean you don't like French fries? They're the best food in the world! Alan: One man's meat is another man's poison. Jill: I don't understand why Don doesn't like to read science fiction. It's the most interesting thing to read. Jane: One man's meat is another man's poison.

See also: another, one, poison

so cold you could hang meat

Fig. very cold; as cold as a meat storage locker. Lord it was cold there! So cold you could hang meat. A: How cold was it? B: so cold you could hang meat.

See also: cold, could, hang

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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 a cattle market

See also: and, two, veg

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

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! If her parents find out she's been sneaking out to see Glenn, she'll be dead meat and so will he.

See also: dead

be easy meat  (British & Australian informal) also be an easy mark (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. (British & Australian informal)

See also: easy

be meat and drink to somebody

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: and, 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

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: and, two, veg

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, one, poison

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. (American informal)

See also: and, potato