peel me a grape

English

Etymology

First recorded use by Mae West in the 1933 film I'm no Angel: "Beulah, peel me a grape."

Phrase

peel me a grape

A request to be pampered and to have one's whims indulged.
- 2006, Whitney Balliett -, American Singers: Twenty-Seven Portraits in Song, →ISBN, page 242:
  His early, brilliant "Peel Me a Grape," which has long been one of Blossom Dearie's anthems, laughs at social ennui in the seventies and eighties in the way that Cole Porter laughed at it in the thirties: Peel me a grape, crush me some ice, Skin me a peach, save the fuzz for my pillow, Start me a smoke, talk to me nice, You gotta wine me and dine me, Don't try and fool me, bejewel me, Either amuse me or lose me, I'm gettin' hungry -- peel me a grape.
- 2009, Ronald B. Allen & Beverly Allen, Liberated Traditionalism: Men and Women in Balance, →ISBN, page 91:
  Can't you hear Adam say to her, “Peel me a grape, Lilith.” And her response: “Peel it yourself! And while you are at it, where's dinner?”
- 2011, Maggie Graham, Me and My Animals, →ISBN, page 80:
  Half an hour later when dad and I ventured into the lounge, mum glaring at us with a face like thunder, Kim was lying contentedly next to Armalade in front of the fire, a real con merchant if ever there was one, basking in all the attention. Talk about peel me a grape!
- 2011, Michael R. Häack, Passport: A Novel of Adventure and Intrigue, →ISBN, page 414:
  “Daaaahlings I say, please refill my glass and peel me a grape.” She grinned and mugged it up for us gathered proletariat.

Usage notes

Often used as a sarcastic retort to a trivial request.

单词	peel me a grape
释义	peel me a grape English Etymology First recorded use by Mae West in the 1933 film I'm no Angel: "Beulah, peel me a grape." Phrase peel me a grape A request to be pampered and to have one's whims indulged. 2006, Whitney Balliett -, American Singers: Twenty-Seven Portraits in Song, →ISBN, page 242: His early, brilliant "Peel Me a Grape," which has long been one of Blossom Dearie's anthems, laughs at social ennui in the seventies and eighties in the way that Cole Porter laughed at it in the thirties: Peel me a grape, crush me some ice, Skin me a peach, save the fuzz for my pillow, Start me a smoke, talk to me nice, You gotta wine me and dine me, Don't try and fool me, bejewel me, Either amuse me or lose me, I'm gettin' hungry -- peel me a grape. 2009, Ronald B. Allen & Beverly Allen, Liberated Traditionalism: Men and Women in Balance, →ISBN, page 91: Can't you hear Adam say to her, “Peel me a grape, Lilith.” And her response: “Peel it yourself! And while you are at it, where's dinner?” 2011, Maggie Graham, Me and My Animals, →ISBN, page 80: Half an hour later when dad and I ventured into the lounge, mum glaring at us with a face like thunder, Kim was lying contentedly next to Armalade in front of the fire, a real con merchant if ever there was one, basking in all the attention. Talk about peel me a grape! 2011, Michael R. Häack, Passport: A Novel of Adventure and Intrigue, →ISBN, page 414: “Daaaahlings I say, please refill my glass and peel me a grape.” She grinned and mugged it up for us gathered proletariat. Usage notes Often used as a sarcastic retort to a trivial request.
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