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to please someone's palate

to please someone's palate

5.8
To make food or drink taste good for someone
  • idiom
translation icon : satisfacer el paladar de alguien
  • The chef worked hard to please someone's palate with a blend of spices in every dish.

Examples

  • The dessert was sweet enough to please someone's palate without being overpowering.

  • A well-balanced wine can easily please someone's palate during a meal.

  • This dish will please someone's palate!

  • The chef aims to please someone's palate with every meal.

  • The chef worked hard to please someone's palate with a blend of spices in every dish.

  • A well-balanced wine can easily please someone's palate during a meal.

  • The dessert was sweet enough to please someone's palate without being overpowering.

Synonyms

to please
vsto please someone's palate
216 1.0

To make someone happy or satisfied

is about satisfying a person's sense of taste rather than general happiness
to gratify
vsto please someone's palate
11 4.6

To please someone or make them feel happy

is focused on satisfying a person's sense of taste

Antonyms

to displease
28 4.7

To make someone feel annoyed or unhappy

How Tasty

to please someone's palate
5.8
to displease
28 4.7

Surface Forms

please someone's palate infinitive

Morphology

please + someone's + palate

The meaning 'to satisfy someone's sense of taste' is directly and compositionally derived from 'please' (to cause pleasure) + 'someone's' (possessive) + 'palate' (sense of taste). This verb + possessive + noun pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Please someone's palate uses the word palate, the roof of the mouth, so imagine a cook making a bite that feels and tastes good there. So, to please someone's palate means 'to satisfy or appeal to someone's sense of taste'.