Mexican breakfast
English
Etymology
Supposedly because it is all that Mexicans can afford.
Noun
Mexican breakfast (plural Mexican breakfasts)
- (idiomatic, US) A breakfast consisting of a cigarette and a glass of water.
References
- Mexican breakfast, in The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z, by Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006.