wined and dined
Treated to feasts
Wined and dined describes being treated to an elaborate meal, typically with drinks, as a form of hospitality or persuasion.
The phrase suggests generous entertaining meant to impress or win favor: The company wined and dined potential investors.
Someone who has been wined and dined has received lavish treatment, often with ulterior motives behind the hospitality.
- fetedPublicly honored with celebration
- red carpet treatmentLavish welcome for honored guests
- rolled out the red carpetGave a grand welcome
- white tableclothPale fabric covering tables
- indulgenceYielding to desire
eat · banquet · lavish spread · courtship · feast · entertain · wooed · gourmet · hospitality · champagne · schmooze · business lunch · power lunch · sophistication · food · drink · treat · restaurant
wined and dinedneglected
Not given proper attention
ignored · snubbed · cold-shouldered · brushed off · shunned
wined and dinedstarved
Suffering extreme hunger
left high and dry · taken for granted · deprived · shortchanged · stiffed
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