die for want of lobster sauce

To literally die or to be devastated due to a minor inconvenience or mishap. The phrase is thought to refer to a chef who committed suicide after discovering that he didn't have the ingredients to make lobster sauce for a banquet for King Louis XIV. I know you're really upset about not getting the lead in the school play, but I think you dying for want of lobster sauce—I mean, you still got a great role!

词组	die for want of lobster sauce
释义	die for want of lobster sauce die for want of lobster sauce To literally die or to be devastated due to a minor inconvenience or mishap. The phrase is thought to refer to a chef who committed suicide after discovering that he didn't have the ingredients to make lobster sauce for a banquet for King Louis XIV. I know you're really upset about not getting the lead in the school play, but I think you dying for want of lobster sauce—I mean, you still got a great role! See also: die, of, sauce, want Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: for want of a nail For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse ... hap porth spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar spoil the ship for a ha'porth/ha'penny-worth of tar do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar chef chef d'oeuvre
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