laugh before breakfast, cry before supper
It is unwise to be complacently happy because things may get worse.
noun
Food consumed before going to bed.
There he stood, with admirable patience, […] longing to go to rest for hours past; aware that suppers disagreed with him […] so tired and longing for bed!
Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
We normally have supper at 7.
A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
a fish supper
Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips.
verb
To consume a snack before going to bed.
To eat dinner.
To provide (a person or animal) with supper.
Horns in the night-season are heard a great way off, and in the winter-season were blown at every farmer’s house about eight at night when they suppered the horses and cows; […]
I went to supper up my horses, and heard somebody; […] After suppering the horses, I went into the house, and saw Stacey, who asked me if I had suppered the horses.
noun
A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).