“I’d rather be beered and cheered than wined and dined”
“Beer and cheer” is a term like “wine and dine.”
“They were wined, dined, beered and cheered each day of their drill” was printed in the Morning World-Herald (Omaha, NE) on June 27, 1892. “The captain, it may be, has not been wined and dined, but has he not been beered and cheered even to the most uttermost parts of the city?” was printed in the Minneapolis (MN) Times on June 1, 1898. “‘WHERE SHALL WE GO?’ asks the little woman. Well, tell her she can wine and dine, beer and cheer, or gin and bear-it and see: ...” was printed in the Daily News (New York, NY) on August 24, 1956.
“I’D RATHER BE BEERED AND CHEERED than wined and dined” was a personal ad printed in The Valley Advocate (Hatfield, MA) on November 28, 1991. “I don’t want to wine and dine.. I want beer and cheer!” was posted on X/Twitter by Andrea on March 25, 2015. “I’d rather be beered and cheered, than wined and dined! 🍺 😊” was posted on X/Twitter by Cynically Optimistic aka Kristy on January 26, 2022. “SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO BE WINED AND DINED. WE LIKE TO BE BEER’D AND CHEERED” was posted on Facebook by Beer, Brewing, & Bytes on October 1, 2024.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
wine and dine
idiom
: to entertain (someone) at a restaurant with good food, wine, etc.
The company wined and dined the prospective clients.
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27 June 1892, Morning World-Herald (Omaha, NE), pg. 8, col. 3:
“They were wined, dined, beered and cheered each day of their drill.”
(From the Kansas CIty Star.—ed.)
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1 June 1898, Minneapolis (MN) Times, pg. 4, col. 1:
The captain, it may be, has not been wined and dined, but has he not been beered and cheered even to the most uttermost parts of the city?
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24 August 1956, Daily News (New York, NY), “Sip and Sup” by Frank Ross, pg. 40, col. 3:
“WHERE SHALL WE GO?” asks the little woman. Well, tell her she can wine and dine, beer and cheer, or gin and bear-it and see: ...
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27 June 1962, Bristol (VA) Virginia-Tennessean, “The Worry Clinic” by D. George W. Crane, pg. 4, col. 5:
He Was Beered And Cheered
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28 November 1991, The Valley Advocate (Hatfield, MA), pg. 42, col. 2 personal ad:
I’D RATHER BE BEERED AND CHEERED than wined and dined.
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Meg’s signing rules/Bouchercon bids/Canadian
Linda Panszczyk
Aug 15, 1996, 3:00:00 AM
While I chortled at Meg’s eight rules for signings—Dom Perignon for the author, vigorous milling about so as to create an impression of large attendance, soft cushions etc. etc.—I’m a bit confused. Don’t mystery fans everywhere do this??? If Meg could see her way clear to visiting us here in the Great Lakes region for a signing (hint, hint), I’m sure she’d find that these rules are standard operating procedure for ALL mystery author signings here. Authors are wined and dined here. Or at least beered and cheered.
X/Twitter
merredith
@Merredith
@benparr, not sure whether my impressions of @adamostrow allow that he should be wined and dined vs. beered and cheered. But hot dates easy.
6:16 PM · Oct 29, 2009
X/Twitter
Susan FISHBACH
@SusanSF32
@thedavidcook I’ve been wined and dined and beered and cheered today on my Birthday…great day 😊 !
11:27 PM · Apr 22, 2010
Facebook
Tyler Riley
July 17, 2010 at 11:18 PM ·
Screw being wined and dined! I like to be beered and cheered! Who’s with me?
Facebook
Robin Henke
October 28, 2011 at 4:26 PM ·
If you can’t be wined and dined, you should be beered and cheered!
X/Twitte
Haley’s Web
@HaleysWeb
I wish I could wine and dine
@HaleyReinhart I’d even settle for some beer and cheer!
11:25 PM · Jun 12, 2012
X/Twitter
Chris Darr
@Chris_Darr
You should be wined and dined. Or at least beered and cheered.
8:13 PM · Feb 27, 2013
X/Twitter
Alyssa (she/her)
@alyssawatsonlee
My dads bday card to my mom: “It’s your birthday. You deserved to be wined and dined. Or at least beered and cheered.”
9:21 PM · Sep 4, 2013
X/Twitter
Andrea
@topshelfdrunk
@RDailey28 I don’t want to wine and dine.. I want beer and cheer!
3:20 PM · Mar 25, 2015 from North Carolina, USA
X/Twitter
PTC WOB
@ptc_wob
If not wined and dined, would you rather be beered and cheered? Maybe liqoured and Snickers’ed? 😊
6:42 PM · Jul 20, 2016
X/Twitter
Jan Roberts
@hargishope395
@chris_laurita
Happy Birthday Chris, I hope you get wined and dined of at least Beered & Cheered, 😊😁😉☺💜💟💙❤✌👍💖💟👑🎉🍷🍻🎂🎁
4:06 PM · May 4, 2017
X/Twitter
EazyDiner
@eazydiner
Not a wine-and-dine couple but a beer-and-cheer one? We’ve got your back!
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Kapil Chopra and 3 others
4:52 AM · Feb 9, 2019
X/Twitter
Bluetree
@BluetreeNetwork
Going to XGM this year? Get wined and dined (or beer and cheered) at one of our networking events! We promise there’ll only be good cheese.
http://ow.ly/D4Hd50p1ToX
6:17 PM · Apr 3, 2019
X/Twitter
31 Bagel Error
@loxness_monster
y’know how “wine and dine” is a thing? I think if you do that kind of thing at a sports game it should be called a “beer and cheer”
1:06 PM · Jan 24, 2020
X/Twitter
Cynically Optimistic aka Kristy
@kristyinkster
I’d rather be beered and cheered, than wined and dined! 🍺 😊
2:32 PM · Jan 26, 2022
Instagram
taostaproom
March 11, 2024
We’re ready to wine and dine ya, beer and cheer ya! Come by and cure those Monday blues with your favorite bevs, food, and atmosphere!
Facebook
Beer, Brewing, & Bytes
October 1, 2024 at 7:55 PM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO
BE WINED AND DINED.
WE LIKE TO BE
BEER’D AND CHEERED.