Keep the fruit

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Hi! Below is from the movie, Casino Royale.

JB: Dry Martini.
Bartender: Oui, monsieur.
JB: Wait... three measures of Gordon's; one of vodka; half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it over ice, and add a thin slice of lemon peel.
Bartender: Yes, sir.
Tomelli: You know, I'll have one of those.
Infante: So will I.
Bartender: Certainly.
Felix Leiter: My friend, bring me one as well, keep the fruit.

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The "Keep the fruit", is it to be understood to mean that the bartender needs to not put the fruit in the cocktail? Meaning "keep the fruit with you, not with me" rather than "keep the fruit it the glass for me"?

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

pructus... and add a thin slice of lemon peel.
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My friend, bring me one as well, keep the fruit.I interpret the last sentence as

... bring me one as well, without the lemon peel.

CJ

Philip · Answer

CalifJimbring me one as well, without the lemon peel.

I once knew a woman who drank brandy Alexander (hold the garbage).

Clive · Answer

Hi,
I'm reminded of this famous dialogue from a movie by Jack Nicholson called Five Easy Pieces:

[Bobby wants plain toast, which isn't on the menu]
Bobby: I'd like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee.
Waitress: A #2, chicken salad sand. Hold the butter, the lettuce, the mayonnaise, and a cup of coffee. Anything else?
Bobby: Yeah, now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
Waitress: You want me to hold the chicken, huh?
Bobby: I want you to hold it between your knees.

Clive

CalifJim · Answer

keep instead of hold is fairly unusual in that situation, isn't it?

CJ

Pructus · Answer

Thanks a lot teachers~~

Your replies gave me a big smile...

Jeffnc · Answer

pructusThe "Keep the fruit", is it to be understood to mean that the bartender needs to not put the fruit in the cocktail? Meaning "keep the fruit with you, not with me" rather than "keep the fruit it the glass for me"?

Yes, that's right, except for the last part. The fruit starts in the bartender's dish. It's not in the glass until the bartender puts it there. So you would never say "keep the fruit in the glass" because it was never there. You would say "keep the fruit with you (in your dish)" because that's where the fruit is to begin with. You might only say "put the fruit in the glass".

But this is kind of slang. You might say "keep the fruit", but you would never say "put the fruit".

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