Look at your knife-handle, there, my civilized and enlightened gourmand
dining off that roast beef, what is that handle made of?
ye state-room sailors, who make so much ado about a fourteen-days' passage across the Atlantic; who so pathetically relate the privations and hardships of the sea, where, after a day of breakfasting, lunching,
dining off five courses, chatting, playing whist, and drinking champagne-punch, it was your hard lot to be shut up in little cabinets of mahogany and maple, and sleep for ten hours, with nothing to disturb you but 'those good-for-nothing tars, shouting and tramping overhead',--what would ye say to our six months out of sight of land?
There is that delicate blossom who can't drink any claret under ninety-four, and who would as soon think of
dining off cat's meat as off plain roast mutton.
Phil Jones,
dining off those dubious Duncan Edwards comparisons, was used more often at right-back than the Da Silvas in 2011-12 and by Moyes.
On the currency markets, the pound was
dining off the US dollar's weakness, rising 0.5% against the greenback but staying short of the 1.40 mark at 1.395.
The Ospreys were
dining off crumbs, not helping themselves with uncharacteristic errors which allowed the Dubliners to stay on the attack, and they were giving away too many penalties.
At this Ratatouille-themed restaurant you shrink down - as on the ride - and sit on champagne corks while
dining off jam-jar lids.
o e m n h w JOURNALISTS at the Games OU N S S t h G e began their visits to b g n h r it o Glasgow by
dining off G a ow y in f decent crockery and using d e t r c e u n sparkling cutlery.
That would be a huge sum were Britain's economy thriving and its people
dining off lobster and caviar washed down by vintage Dom Perignon.
Lieberman figured the Japanese have been
dining off naked bodies for "thousands of years" and wanted to give his patrons "the royal treatment" for Miami Spice, the city's restaurant month, he said.
Dining off flimsy, foldable camping cookware wasn't an idea we relished, so we brought proper pots and pans, and ceramic plates and mugs.
DINING OFF the banana leaf is probably as environmentally friendly as it is rustic.
Presumably after we had re-established wolves, European bison and bears, they would all live peacefully together with the carnivores
dining off the occasional rambler.
Perhaps Arsenal's vaunted youngsters are
dining off great moments in games rather than great results.
Sergeant is still
dining off that story about the occasion when Mrs Thatcher glided down the steps in Paris and tapped him on the back ...