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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Does "Back off our brats, beer" mean "take beer/wine away from our kids"?

1) Does "Back off our brats, beer" mean "take beer/wine away from our kids"?
2)Does "reserve names for brats" mean "keep our kids' names"?

Context:
Senators: Back off our brats, beer
Donovan Slack, USA TODAY/ Gannett Washington Bureau 10:54 p.m. EDT April 4, 2014

Europeans negotiating a trade deal with the U.S. are trying to reserve names for brats and other kinds of meat, as well as cheeses and beer only for products made there. Senators are protesting.
  

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I think the 'brats' here are probably Bratwursts.

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I think the 'brats' here are probably Bratwursts.
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I think so too, brats is short for Bratwurst.
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Does "back off" mean "remove"?
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No. It means 'Get away from', 'Keep off', 'Leave alone'.
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So the US senators don't want the old names and want to give the food new names, while Europeans insist using the old names?
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