weird meaning of toast

0Yours is not one of the commoner meanings of 01i00toast02i00, but I see that it is valid (having had to look it up in the dictionary).02br
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01i00To drink one's health02i00 = to drink as a gesture of the wish for one's good health.02br
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00English words have a number of meanings so that we can save money on

0When you toast someone you drink to wish them good health. It does sound a bit strange when you put it like that.02br
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00It normally happens in formal settings. Toasts are proposed and drunk at weddings, for example. Usually eveyone is given a special glass of champagne then someone says 'I'd like to propose a toast to the happy couple. Wishing you both a long and happy

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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10Yours is not one of the commoner meanings of 11i10toast12i10, but I see that it is valid (having had to look it up in the dictionary).12br
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11i10To drink one's health12i10 = to drink as a gesture of the wish for one's good health.12br

0 This is a another good presentation of 01i00toast02i00 mentioned in the above:02br
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00 In another direction altogether, one could perhaps say in a very informal way:02br
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01i00His health01font01b00 is 02b00toast02font02i

0 05100 05000"a call to drink to someone's health," 1700 (but said by Steele, 1709, to date to the reign of Charles II), originally referring to the beautiful or popular woman whose health is proposed and drunk, from the use of spiced 00toast00 to flavor drink, the lady regarded as figuratively adding piquancy to the wine in which her health was drunk. The verb meaning

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00One of meanings of toast is:11b11i10 a person whose health is drunk.12i12b12blockquote

10Philip, do you mean that01i00 toast02i00 with this definition, i.e.01i00 a toast = a person toasted02i00, is very common for you-- as in 01i00Good evening, Philip-- I

0Isn't that the meaning in the expression "The toast of the town"? The person everyone was toasting the health/success of?0-

0Yes, of course, GG-- but that is a fixed phrase, whose meaning has drifted ('a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention') and whose usage I would still not call very common in my experience. The use of 01i00toast02i00 to mean 01i00the person who is named in a toast02i00 I found unusual to the point that I had to confirm that use in the dic

0 I'd say "The toast of the town" is the 01i00only02i00 way I'd ever heard it used like this (describing the person, not the act of toasting) (or the way you use it above). 0-

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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10In another direction altogether, one could perhaps say in a very informal way:12br
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11i10His health11font11b10 is 12b10toast12font12i10 [11b10SLANG:12b10 meaning in very bad shape, fini