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Cow on a plate, complaint in your mouth, or grudge in your veins.
means The meat of cattle, or slang for a serious ongoing dispute between people.
from From Old French boef, cow — the Normans ate it while the Saxons farmed it, which is why the live animal stays Anglo-Saxon cow but the cooked one goes posh French.
Word splitEnglish farms cows, dines on beef.
Grudge slangTo beef meant to complain since 1800s.
Where's the1984 Wendy's ad birthed the phrase.