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Quaerereverum Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

throw a lamb on the spit

Hi,

What does the below expression mean?

We can throw a lamb on the spit.

Thank you.
  

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The verb "throw" makes the sentence quite informal. It means to cook a lamb over a fire. The meat is skewered on a steel rod, and can be rotated with a crank so it cooks evenly on all sides.

— AlpheccaStars

  • The verb "throw" makes the sentence quite informal.
  • It means to cook a lamb over a fire.
  • The meat is skewered on a steel rod, and can be rotated with a crank so it cooks evenly on all sides.
  • Another term is rotisserie.
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The verb "throw" makes the sentence quite informal. It means to cook a lamb over a fire.
The meat is skewered on a steel rod, and can be rotated with a crank so it cooks evenly on all sides. Another term is rotisserie.

http://firefoodie.blogspot.com/2011/07/spit-ro
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Thank you AlpheccaStars. I saw a movie and I couldn't understand.

Holmes: What you need is rest. My brother Mycroft has a small estate near Chichester. Beautiful grounds. There's a folly. We can throw a lamb on the spit--
Watson: We? Holmes, if I were to go to the country, it would be with my future wife.

Now, I got it.
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Thank you AlpheccaStars. I saw a movie and I couldn't understand.

Holmes: What you need is rest. My brother Mycroft has a small estate near Chichester. Beautiful grounds. There's a folly. We can throw a lamb on the spit.

Watson: We? Holmes, if I were to go to the country, it would be with my future wife.

Now, I got it.
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