full meal: meat, bread, vegetables and milk We need at least one square meal each day. Do you agree?
mealymouthed
Idiom(s): mealymouthed
Theme: FRANKNESS - LACKING
not frank or direct; too shy to speak directly. (Informal.) • Jane is too mealymouthed to tell Frank she dislikes him. She just avoids him. • Don’t be so mealymouthed. It's better to speak plainly.
make a meal of
Idiom(s): make a meal of sth
Theme: EATING
to eat only a large portion of one kind of food as an entire meal. • There were lots of salad makings, so we fixed a large salad and made a meal of it. • We had tons of leftover turkey after the festival, so the next day we sat down and made a meal of it.
eat a meal out
Idiom(s): eat (a meal) out AND dine out
Theme: EATING
to eat a meal at a restaurant. • I like to eat a meal out every now and then. • Yes, it's good to eat out and try different kinds of food. • It costs a lot of money to dine out often.
Make a meal
If someone makes a meal of something, they spend too long doing it or make it look more difficult than it really is.
Mealy-mouthed
A mealy-mouthed person doesn't say what they mean clearly.
a square meal
a filling meal: "You need a square meal after all that exercise."
square meal|meal|square
n. phr. A full, nourishing well-balanced meal. The refugees looked as if they hadn't had a square meal in months.
meal
meal In addition to the idiom beginning with meal; also see square meal, a.
meal ticket
meal ticket A person or thing depended on as a source of income, as in Magic Johnson was a real meal ticket for his team, or Her interpersonal skills will be her meal ticket when she goes into sales. This metaphoric expression alludes to the earlier practice of handing out tickets that entitle their holder to a meal. [Early 1900s]
square meal, a
square meal, a A substantial or complete meal, as in These airlines never feed you; I haven't had a square meal on one yet. [Mid-1800s]
An meal idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with meal, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Dictionary of similar words, Different wording, Synonyms, Idioms for Idiom, Proverb meal