Browse phrases beginning with: [A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U,V][W][X,Y,Z] It is meat and drink to meMeaning Meat and drink in this phrase has two meanings, which appear to be independent of each other. Either, to be a source of support or pleasure or, to be a simple and routine matter. Origin It isn't clear which of those two meanings is intended in the earliest known use of the phrase - John Frith's, A boke answering vnto M. Mores lettur, 1533:
Shakespeare used the phrase in As You Like It (1616) and the meaning there is clearly the former:
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