- make a meal of Brit.
- make a meal of Brit.informalcarry out (a task) with unnecessary effort or thoroughness.→ meal
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make a meal of — ► make a meal of Brit. informal carry out (a task) with unnecessary effort. Main Entry: ↑meal … English terms dictionary
make a meal of — see under ↑meal1 • • • Main Entry: ↑make make a meal of 1. To consume as a meal 2. To enjoy to the full 3. To treat or perform in an unnecessarily laborious or meticulous way • • • Main Entry: ↑meal … Useful english dictionary
make a meal out of — make a meal (out) of 1 : to eat (a particular food) as your meal without anything else This bread is so good, I could make a meal of it. 2 Brit, informal : to do (something) in a way that makes it seem more important or difficult than it really… … Useful english dictionary
meal — meal1 noun any of the regular daily occasions when food is eaten. ↘the food eaten at a meal. Phrases make a meal of Brit. informal carry out (a task) with unnecessary effort or thoroughness. meals on wheels meals delivered to old people or… … English new terms dictionary
meal — 1. n. 1 an occasion when food is eaten. 2 the food eaten on one occasion. Phrases and idioms: make a meal of 1 treat (a task etc.) too laboriously or fussily. 2 consume as a meal. meals on wheels Brit. a service by which meals are delivered to… … Useful english dictionary
Brit milah — Halakhic texts relating to this article: Torah: Genesis 17:1 14 … Wikipedia
meal — [[t]mi͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦♦ meals 1) N COUNT A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time. She sat next to him throughout the meal... It s rare that I have an evening meal with my children. 2) N COUNT A meal is the food… … English dictionary
dessert — /di zerrt /, n. 1. cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream, etc., served as the final course of a meal. 2. Brit. a serving of fresh fruit after the main course of a meal. [1780 90; < F, deriv. of desservir to clear the table. See DIS 1, SERVE] * * * … Universalium
fry up — PHRASAL VERB If you fry up food, you fry it, especially in order to make a quick, casual meal. [mainly BRIT] → See also fry up [V P n(not pron)] I fried up the beef... [V n P] She cuts and fries the mixture up into a potato doughnut called Quin… … English dictionary
lay — I [[t]le͟ɪ[/t]] VERB AND NOUN USES ♦♦ lays, laying, laid (In standard English, the form lay is also the past tense of the verb in some meanings. In informal English, people sometimes use the word lay instead of … English dictionary
