Art galleries not so long ago were caviar to the general, but today many people go to them. 美术馆不久以前不为一般俗人所喜好,可是现在很多人都爱去。
I don't live for caviar. 我可不是为了吃鱼子酱才活着。
The play was caviar to the general. 这出戏太高雅了。
caviar
[ noun ] salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre <noun.food>
Caviar \Cav"i*ar\, Caviare \Ca*viare"\, n. [F. caviar, fr. It. caviale, fr. Turk. Hav[=i][=a]r.] The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.
Note: Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most. Hence Hamlet says of a certain play. ``'T was caviare to the general,'' i. e., above the taste of the common people.
Hausen \Hau"sen\ (h[add]"s[e^]n), n. [G.] (Zo["o]l.) A large sturgeon ({Acipenser huso} syn. {Huso huso}) from the region of the Black Sea; also called {Beluga}. It is sometimes twelve feet long, and provides the highest quality {caviar}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Beluga \Be*lu"ga\ (b[-e]*l[=u]"g[.a]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white. The whale is now commonly called bieluka in Russian.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
Note: The northern beluga ({Delphinapterus catodon}) is the {white whale} and {white fish} of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.
2. the sturgeon ({Huso huso}) native to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; -- also called {hausen}. It is valued for its roe, sold as {caviar}, and is also used for production of isinglass. See also {sturgeon}. [PJC]
3. the caviar obtained from the beluga[2]; -- also called {beluga caviar}. The caviar of the beluga is considered the finest sort, larger and of a taste superior to that obtained from other sturgeon. See also {sturgeon} and {caviar}. [PJC]
Restaurant and gourmet shop purveyors savored caviar soup, cactus salsa and other eccentric vittles Monday at a 19,000-course meal: the international fancy-food trade show.
Daffynition Fake caviar: plastic sturgeon.
"So it's easy to cheat," says Mr. Petrossian, by substituting cheap sevruga or domestic caviar for Russian beluga.
'People are trying to deal in caviar with no experience.' Spotting an opportunity, western entrepreneurs have also brought supplies into Europe, sometimes obtained from producers and other licensed exporters, sometimes from Russian gangsters.
The departures lounge is a sort of prison for the condemned, but it does not seem that way if there is a bar dispensing oysters and caviar.
"The cruise industry today isn't caviar every night for the jet set.
Also suggested were cuts in the losses of state-owned enterprises, and higher prices on delicacies such as crab, caviar and tongue.
About 200 capitalists converged Thursday on Beijing for a weekend of caviar on the Great Wall, boat rides on an imperial pleasure lake and a display of opulence not seen in this spartan socialist capital since 1949.
They cart to West Berln everything from caviar smuggled out of the Soviet Union to farm fresh eggs and bacon, untaxed cigarettes and Polish vodka.
The giant steelmaker recently fed caviar and filet mignon to executives from 300 of its biggest suppliers to sell them on the virtues of relocating in Gary, Ind., a down-and-out rust belt city.
The Soviet Union soon will ban the export of consumer goods ranging from caviar to children's shoes and will limit travelers to $160 worth of souvenirs, the official news agency Tass said Sunday.
American sturgeons do produce some caviar.
With caviar costing up to $395 for 14 ounces, a fish-egg-laden party supplied by New York's Zabar's delicatessen can cost $30 to $40 a head.
The rest of the caviar was genuine Russian caviar, he said.
The rest of the caviar was genuine Russian caviar, he said.
About 200 capitalists converged on Beijing for a weekend of caviar on the Great Wall, boat rides on an imperial pleasure lake and a display of opulence not seen in this spartan socialist capital since 1949.
An all-female brood of sturgeon would bring fatter profits to caviar producers.
Carolyn Collins of Crystal Lake, Ill., specializes in American freshwater caviar and smoked Mississippi River sturgeon.
He cited a $54,000 charge by Beijing municipal authorities to rent a section of the Great Wall for four hours Saturday so the guests can lunch there on caviar and champagne.
The ad isn't much more than a blur of decadent visions: expensive jewelry, fast cars, caviar and champagne.
Mr. Gorbachev was giving a reception for 400 of America's corporate elite during the trade council's annual meeting, and the heads of more than 20 multinationals were mingling around the tables and feasting on lobster and black caviar.
Maybe they'll dine on caviar when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev shows up.
Eastern Europeans searching each other's stores for bargains in Soviet caviar, Czech auto parts and Bulgarian sportswear have set off an unprecedented "customs war" in the communist bloc.
You could be sitting at a nice Russian bar, drinking good vodka and eating caviar.
The flight includes a lunch of caviar canapes, smoked salmon, chocolate mousse and French champagne.
Customers huddle around tiny tables in the boutique to drink 1,500-yen glasses of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label champagne while munching on caviar and crackers.
A television flickered in the comfortable two-bedroom apartment as the couple poured out their lives over a feast that included caviar and vodka, both difficult to find in stores.
Payment has to be made in rials but there is a bank near the caviar shop.
Mr. Petrossian turns up his nose at this product, arguing that it isn't even caviar.
Many are arriving in private jets, stocked with their favorite caviar, travel agents say.