Slide 2: The doggie bag (also spelled doggy bag) refers to: a small bag or container for leftover food that a restaurant may provide for a customer to take home
Slide 5: Some restaurants even encourage people to ask for a doggy bag. The picture shows a doggy bag with this message written on it: Boy Oh Boy! Here Comes My Dinner Don’t Forget Your Pets.
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Slide 3: The idea of a doggy bag goes back to the 1940s in the United States when citizens were encouraged to feed leftovers from a meal to their pets due to wartime conditions. People then started asking for doggy bags when eating out at a restaurant. The term originates from the idea that a customer may feel embarrassed to ask for a bag for leftover food for themselves so they say it is for the dog at home. The term became more popular in the 1970s.
English[edit]
doggy + bag. In the food sense, this refers to the idea that the food is to be taken home for the diners dog.
Doggie bag and doggy bag are two spellings of an idiom that began, like most idioms, with a literal meaning. An idiom is a word, group of words or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from its literal definition. Often using descriptive ry, common idioms are words and phrases used in the English language in order to convey a concise idea, and are often descriptors that are spoken or are considered informal or conversational. English idioms can illustrate emotion more quickly than a phrase or expression that has a literal meaning, even when the etymology or origin of the idiomatic expression is lost. An idiom is a metaphorical figure of speech, and it is understood that it is not a use of literal language. Figures of speech have definitions and connotations that go beyond the literal meaning of the words. Mastery of the turn of phrase of an idiom or other parts of speech is essential for the English learner. Many English as a Second Language students do not understand idiomatic expressions that native speakers understand such as in a blue moon, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, chin up, eye to eye, barking up the wrong tree, bite the bullet, beat a dead horse, hit the nail on the head, kicked the bucket, blow off steam, jump on the bandwagon, piece of cake, hit the sack, and raining cats and dogs, as they attempt to translate them word for word, which yields only the literal meaning. In addition to learning vocabulary and grammar, one must understand the phrasing of the figurative language of idiomatic phrases in order to know English like a native speaker. We will examine the meaning of the idiom doggie bag or doggy bag, where it came from, and some examples of its use in sentences.
A doggie bag or doggy bag is a receptacle provided by a restaurant so the patron may take home leftovers from his meal. A doggie bag or doggy bag may be a Styrofoam or cardboard box, a plastic tub, or it may be an actual bag. The doggie bag or doggy bag originated in the United States during World War II as a means to bring home the scraps and bones from one’s dinner to feed the family dog, an austerity measure. Over time, American portions at restaurants grew to the point where it was nearly impossible to finish one’s dinner in one sitting. The doggie bag or doggy bag evolved into a container for a portion of one’s dinner that one expected to eat the next day for lunch, not feed to the family dog. Early doggie bags or doggy bags were wax-lined bags with pictures of dogs on the outside, which were truly suitable for transporting bones and scraps. Most doggie bags or doggy bags today are actually boxes. In fact, a server will most likely ask if you would care for a box, not a doggie bag. The spelling doggie bag is about twice as popular as the spelling doggy bag, though both spellings are acceptable according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Idioms: Doggy bag
Slide 2: The doggie bag (also spelled doggy bag) refers to: a small bag or container for leftover food that a restaurant may provide for a customer to take home
Slide 3: The idea of a doggy bag goes back to the 1940s in the United States when citizens were encouraged to feed leftovers from a meal to their pets due to wartime conditions. People then started asking for doggy bags when eating out at a restaurant. The term originates from the idea that a customer may feel embarrassed to ask for a bag for leftover food for themselves so they say it is for the dog at home. The term became more popular in the 1970s.
Slide 4: In the picture we see the front of the famous Ritz Hotel in central London. The inset picture shows guests enjoying afternoon sandwiches and cakes. The sentence reads: “Of course, if it hadn’t been the Ritz I’d have insisted he ask for a doggy bag to bring home the cakes and sandwiches that didn’t get eaten. But, really, you don’t go to afternoon tea at the Ritz for a doggy bag experience.” Source: http://oldgreypoet.wordpress.com/2000/05/19/putting-on-the-ritz/
Slide 5: Some restaurants even encourage people to ask for a doggy bag. The picture shows a doggy bag with this message written on it: Boy Oh Boy! Here Comes My Dinner Don’t Forget Your Pets.
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Here is another example from the news: They ate less if they were offered a doggie bag, or to-go box, before they got their meals: Apparently the idea of getting a “free” second meal outweighed the impulse to clean their plates. Source: Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/book-offers-tips-for-mindlessly-improving-your-eating-habits/2014/09/29/0f85c3a8-41a0-11e4-b437-1a7368204804_story.html
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