From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe meat and drink to somebodybe meat and drink to somebodyBritish EnglishENJOY/LIKE DOING something to be something that someone enjoys doing or finds very easy to do because they have done it many times before The first five questions in the quiz were about football, which was meat and drink to Brian. → meat
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be meat and drink to somebody• These figures are heroes to conservatives for their espousal of policies that are meat and drink to the right, especially abortion. 