cakes and ale | Idiomator

Meaning: Thesimplematerialpleasuresoflife.1857May, “[Notices of Books.]Ivors. By the Author of ‘Amy Herbert,’ ‘Cleve Hall,’ &c.In Two Volumes. Second Edition. New York, D. Appleton and Company. 1857.”, in Henry N[orman]Hudson, editor,The American Church Monthly, volume 1, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Edward P. Allen,[…],→OCLC,page389:To furnish thecakes and aleof the mind, is, we take it, the proper virtue of novels. It is for mental delight and recreation that we resort to them.; Livelyfunandmerrymaking.c.1601–1602(date written),William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene iii],page261, column 2:Doſt thou thinke becauſe thou art vertuous, there ſhall be no moreCakes and Ale?

Examples:

EN: This won't be all cakes and ale, Roger but your family's followed the sea for seven generations.
ES: Esto no será fácil, Roger pero tu familia ha seguido al mar por siete generaciones.
EN: It is at this moment that my elusive papa concludes... that his duty is done... and that there should be no more cakes and ale... for his mischievous youth.
ES: Y, justo en este momento, mi esquivo progenitor decide... dar por cumplida su obligación... y por terminada la provisión de comida y bebida... para su travieso hijo.
EN: Can't always be "cakes and ale."
ES: Qué pena, pobre Warrick.
EN: - Having cakes and ale with the Sheriff?
ES: - Siempre está en apuros con el Sheriff.
EN: Dost thou think that because thou art virtuous there should be no more cakes and ale?
ES: ¿Piensas que porque eres buena no debería haber más pasteles y cerveza?
EN: Dost think, because thou art a rat... .. there shall be no more cakes and ale?
ES: No pienses que por ser una rata... no habrá más pastel y cerveza.
EN: John Lane, on the other hand, likes his cakes and ale.
ES: John Lane, por otro lado, gusta de pasteles y cerveza.
ID: John Lane, di sisi lain, menyukai kue dan birnya.
EN: Dost thou think because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more - cakes and ale?
ES: ¿Crees que porque eres virtuoso no habrá más pasteles y cerveza?
EN: - cakes and ale?
ID: Aku butuh pena adrenalinmu, Bodoh!
EN: You may wish to follow the ceremony with another Beltane festivity, such as a Maypole Dance, or the traditional cakes and ale.
TE: మీరు మరొక బెత్టేన్ ఉత్సవంలో, మేపోల్ డాన్స్ , లేదా సాంప్రదాయ కేకులు మరియు ఆలే వంటి వేడుకను అనుసరించవచ్చు.

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