| 词组 | Dutch treat |
| 释义 | Idiom Dutch treat Theme: SHARE a social occasion where one pays for oneself."It's nice of you to ask me out to dinner," she said, "but could we make it a Dutch treat?"The office outing is always a Dutch treat. Slang Dutch treat Theme: SHARING n. an outing for two or more where the cost is split among the participants, either evenly or in proportion to what is consumed.I propose a Dutch treat to celebrate the day.We had a Dutch treat, which gave us a chance to get to know one another better. Idiom Dutch treat an occasion when two or more people agree to share the cost of something, especially a meal.She and Callahan often met for lunch. It was always a Dutch treat. Dutch treat noun an arrangement in which each person pays their own way US, 1887Dutch treatA situation in which two people agree to split the cost of something or pay for their own share, usually a meal. Since Bob and Sue were just friends, neither ever objected to a Dutch treat when they went out to dinner. Dutch treata social occasion where one pays for oneself. (Viewed by some as insulting to the Dutch.) "It's nice of you to ask me out to dinner," she said, "but could we make it a Dutch treat?" The office outing is always a Dutch treat. Dutch treatAn outing or date in which each person pays his or her own expenses. For example, Her parents agreed that she might date if it were a Dutch treat. The related expression go Dutch means "to go on a date with each person paying their own way," as in Students often elect to go Dutch. The first term dates from about 1870, and the variant from the early 1900s. Dutch treatA meal or entertainment in which the participants all pay their own way. It is an American term dating from the late nineteenth century and may be derived, one writer suggests, from the thrift observed in Dutch immigrants. However, there was an earlier term, Dutch feast, defined by Francis Grose (A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1785) as an occasion when the host gets drunk before his guests (see also Dutch courage). A more recent version of Dutch treat is going Dutch, which has the identical meaning. |
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