no soup for you
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From episode 116, The Soup Nazi of the sitcom Seinfeld.
Phrase
[edit]- A snide phrase used when declining a request, especially when previously assumed that the request will be fulfilled.
- 2016 October 4, Philip Moeller, Get What's Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs (The Get What's Yours Series)[1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 127:
- Once you know a plan has the drugs you need, and once you know what these drugs will cost, you might think you'd be done with your due diligence. Ha! No soup for you!
- 2017 April 4, Michael Morelli, The Sweet Potato Diet: The Super Carb-Cycling Program to Lose Up to 12 Pounds in 2 Weeks[2], Hachette UK, →ISBN, →OCLC, Reward Meal:
- And then remember what I said, if that's the case, then no soup for you! LOL. You get no reward meal if you veer off the carb cycle even 1%, that's the deal!