body & tit-for-tat

[Anonymous]

Dear teachers,
2 questions here:

1.
Talking about food/meals and so on,
what does "body" mean in "It tastes mellow and has body, doesn't it'?
What kind of taste is it ?

2.
Talking about disputes,
what does "tit-for-tat" mean in "That's just a tit-for-tat remark, isn't it?"
What kind of dispute/remark is it?

Thanks!!

 

[Red5]

See:

Tit-for-tat

BODY:

13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength;
as, this color has body; wine of a good body.
From: http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dream/body

 

[RonBee]

Here is the definition of body that you are looking for:

• body
  n
  6 a : fullness and richness of flavor (as of wine)
  http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=body
  
  13. fullness of flavor in wine: the extent to which a wine seems full when tasted. Body increases with alcohol content and density.
  a French red with plenty of body
  http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861728521

To respond tit for tat means to respond in kind. It means, for example, to return an insult for an insult.

 

[Eway]

Here is the definition of body that you are looking for:

• body
  n
  6 a : fullness and richness of flavor (as of wine)
  http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=body
  
  13. fullness of flavor in wine: the extent to which a wine seems full when tasted. Body increases with alcohol content and density.
  a French red with plenty of body
  http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861728521

Ah, thanks, I guess I've got the idea.

 

[woodhouse]

tit-for-tat adj
done in return or retaliation for a similar act: a spate of tit-for-tat killings. (earlier tip-for-tat) Collins Dictionary New Edition 1998
Mick/Woodhouse