VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Greasy Spoon

Meaning:

An inexpensive restaurant that fries foods on a grill

Examples:

  • This is an incident room, not a greasy spoon.
  • And there isn't a greasy spoon in this country I haven't hit. Mmm.
  • That's not on the menu at a greasy spoon like this, I'll tell you that much.
  • You expect me to just waste my life wearing out my feet and hands down at Marco's greasy spoon, don't you?