meat

be meat and drink to be a source of great pleasure or encouragement to.

2009Guardian The movement for universal suffrage and the abolition of slavery were meat and drink to a church that was built on democracy and the concept of all men and women being equal before God.

beat your meat: seebeat.

dead meat: seedead.

easy meat: seeeasy.

meat and potatoes ordinary but fundamental things; basic ingredients.

2012Pop Matters I'm from Buffalo. I'm more of a meat and potatoes kind of person, never really thought of myself as a poet. Songwriter, yeah.

the meat in the sandwich: seesandwich.

strong meat: seestrong.