dine with Duke Humphrey



dine with Duke Humphrey

To go without dinner. The phrase refers to the story of a man who, while visiting the tomb of Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, was locked in the abbey—and thus missed dinner. A: "Why are you so hungry? Didn't you eat dinner?" B: "No, I got stuck in a meeting, so I dined with Duke Humphrey!"
See also: dine, duke

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eduarda-Portuguese
Vespasiano-Italian
JinnyJIN-eeEnglish
Doloresdo-LO-res (Spanish), də-LAWR-is (English)Spanish, English
Lera-Russian, Ukrainian
AnjaAHN-yah (Swedish, Finnish, Croatian, Serbian, German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, German, Dutch