meat

meat
meat
A n
1 Culin viande f ; (flesh) chair f ; red/white meat viande rouge/blanche ; chicken/crab meat chair de poulet/de crabe ;
2 fig (main part) essentiel m (of de) ;
3 (food) nourriture f.
B modif [dish, extract] de viande ; [industry] de la viande ; meat products produits mpl à base de viande.
Idioms
meat and two veg viande garnie de deux légumes ; he's a meat-and-two-veg man GB, he's a meat-and-potatoes man US il est très steak-frites ; political scandals are meat and drink to them ils se repaissent de scandales politiques ; to be strong meat être choquant ; one man's meat is another man's poison Prov le bonheur des uns fait le malheur des autres Prov.

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