wine and dine

wine and dine

English

Verb

wine and dine (third-person singular simple present wines and dines, present participle wining and dining, simple past and past participle wined and dined)

1. (transitive) To entertain or woo someone with a fine meal.
   • 1975, “The Pill”, in Back to the Country, performed by Loretta Lynn:

     You wined me and dined me when I was your girl / Promised if I'd be your wife, you'd show me the world

   • 2004, “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys:

     So don't ask me to wine and dine ya / I'm from Brooklyn, you're from Regina

2. (intransitive) To eat lavishly.
   • 2009, Gyles Brandreth, Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 71:

     As we wined and dined, as we walked together along the banks of the River Seine smoking our postprandial cigarettes, we talked of life and love—and women.

Translations

to entertain someone with a fine meal

Hungarian: etet-itat, jól tart Japanese: 供応する (kyōō suru), もてなす (motenasu) Spanish: agasajar (es)

to eat lavishly

Hungarian: eszik-iszik, lakomázik Japanese: ご馳走になる (go-chisō ni naru)