🥩 Meat and Drink to Me: Savoring the Simple Pleasures 🍷
Ever feel like something just hits the spot, filling you with sheer delight? That experience is captured beautifully by the idiom “meat and drink to me,” a charming phrase suggesting that certain pleasures are just as fundamental and satisfying as a hearty meal.
Origins and Context 🍖🍺
The phrase has been dishing out joy from as far back as Shakespearean times. In “As You Like It” (5.1), the jester Touchstone proclaims, “It is meat and drink to me to see a clown,” indicating how much entertainment he gets from witnessing a clown’s antics. It’s hyperbolically delicious, likening immense pleasure to consuming essential sustenance.
Related and Similar Terms
- Meat and potatoes: Signifying the basics, from diet to matter at hand.
- Bread and butter: Refers to the main source of income.
- Gravy train: Easy, steady, and enjoyable source of income or pleasure.
- Taking pleasure in: Deriving satisfaction from something.
- Heart’s delight: Giving immense joy.
To Chew On: Proverbs and Quotes
“A clown’s laughter is meat and drink for the soul.” — A Piquante Jest
“To find joy in simple things is meat and drink to the wise.” — Culinary Enthusiasms
Literature, Music, and Movies to Munch On
- Book: “Feast your Eyes” by M.J. Applegate – A journey into tasting life’s pleasures.
- Song: “Happy Together” by The Turtles – Delighting in simple companionship.
- Movie: “Julie & Julia” – The love of cooking, symbolizing simple pleasures.
Fun and Food for Thought 🍱
Here’s to discovering the joy in the everyday and savoring those “meat and drink” moments. It’s refreshing and essential, much like meat and drink themselves!
Bon appétit!
Live life with gusto, taking pleasure in the small and significant alike.
— A. P. Quipper
