Square meal
Значения на „Square meal“
английски
A nourishing, filling, meal. Three squares a day are three full meals per day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner).
There are many contentions for its origin. The most known one is nautical where food trays (and sometimes plates) are square-shaped. Most ships have curbs/bumpers to hold them in rough seas. Also most tables are square/rectangular shaped. Maritime vocabulary is full of 'square' terms.
италиански
pasto completo
полски
obfity posiłek.
руски
сытная еда.
испански
comida completa
„Square meal“ в текстове на песни
Bill Barrett sent his postcards home
To everyone he'd ever known they read
Fifty-nine cents gets you a good square meal
From the people who care how you feel