red meat

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === red meat (countable and uncountable, plural red meats) Meats such as beef that are dark red in colour when uncooked. (uncountable, politics, idiomatic) Fresh, inspiring, or inflammatory topics or information. 1931, Robert G.M. Neville, "Prima Donnas in the Pulpit," Forum and Century, June (retrieved 10 Apr. 2021): To mention Bishop Manning's name in a city room is equivalent to telling the city editor that a rip-roaring good story is brewing. A bishop for almost ten years, he has provided the hungry presses of New York with more red meat than Al Capone, Aimee Semple McPherson, Billy Sunday, 'Legs' Diamond, Albert Einstein, Charles Augusts Lindbergh, Texas Guinan, or Nicholas Murray Butler. 1950, Drew Pearson, Washington Merry-Go-Round, “Trust-Buster Truman”, May 1, 1950 (syndicated, e.g., Prescott Evening Courier, May 1, 1950, p. 4): “Keep it up,” urged Truman. “You’re doing a great job for the country and, incidentally, providing me with red meat for campaign speeches.” ==== Usage notes ==== See white meat: usage notes for discussion of white meat/red meat distinction. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “meats that are dark red when uncooked”): white meat (antonym(s) of “fresh, inspiring, or inflammatory topics or information”): same old same old, same old story ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === red team, retamed, remated, red-team