amuse-gueule
/əˌmjuːzˈɡəːl
/noun (plural amuse-gueules or same)
A small savoury item of food served as an appetizer before a meal.Now, however, they are becoming a grander food, being served as amuse-gueules in expensive restaurants....
- A trio of amuse-gueules was served on three china spoons: a tiny bit of mozzarella and tomato in a kind of basil jelly; a scrap of chicken in a cream sauce; and a morsel of prepared duck with black truffle.
- He gave me an amuse-gueule, a mini gazpacho, while I was in the kitchen, and a little orange jelly which was delicious, but those were not serious nourishment.
Origin
French, literally 'amuse mouth'.
- take a jerry to
- take a leaf out of someone's book
- take-all
- take a load off someone's mind
- take a lot of (or some) ——
- take a (or the) hint
- take a (or the) load off one's feet
- take-apart
- take a poke at someone
- take a poor view of
- take a powder
- take a rain check
- take a running jump
- take a shine to
- take a toss
- take a trip (or walk) down memory lane
- takeaway
- take away from
- take a wicket
- take a woman to wife
- take-back
- take breath
- take care
- take care of
- take charge