Some Notes on Idiomatic Expressions in the History of English: With Special Reference to 'meat and drink'

Author / Editor
Jimura, Akiyuki.

Title
Some Notes on Idiomatic Expressions in the History of English: With Special Reference to 'meat and drink'

Published
Yoko Iyeiri and Jennifer Smith, eds. Studies in Middle and Modern English: Historical Change (Osaka: Osaka Books, 2014), pp. 115-32.

Description
Examines the meaning of "meat and drink" in Chaucer's texts, referring to the "OED" and biblical uses. Discusses the "process of idiomatization" of this expression by looking into its uses through Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, and Dickens.

Contributor
Iyeiri, Yoko, ed.
Smith, Jennifer, ed.

Alternative Title
Studies in Middle and Modern English: Historical Change.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies