sweet and sour



sweet and sour

a combination of fruity sweet and sour, but not necessarily salty, flavors. (Typically referring to certain Chinese-American foods.) I prefer sweet-and-sour pork to anything else on the menu. Alice does not care for sweet-and-sour dishes, but she will usually eat whatever we serve her.
See also: and, sour, sweet

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ChinaCHIE-nəEnglish (Modern)
Yehoshua-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
NikolausNI-ko-lowsGerman
JodyJO-deeEnglish
Eliasə-LEE-əsh (Portuguese), e-LEE-ahs (German), E-lee-ahs (Finnish), i-LIE-əs (English), ee-LIE-əs (English)Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gr
YasirYAH:-sir (Arabic)Arabic, Urdu