Idiom
marry the ketchup
Meaning
To combine ketchup from half-empty bottles in a restaurant, in order to reduce the number of bottles.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The server needs to marry the ketchup before the lunch rush.”
“When the restaurant is quiet, the staff usually marry the ketchup to keep the tables tidy.”
“To minimize waste and optimize storage space, the manager instructed the new employees to marry the ketchup at the end of every shift.”
Examples
simple
“The server needs to marry the ketchup before the lunch rush.”
contextual
“When the restaurant is quiet, the staff usually marry the ketchup to keep the tables tidy.”
complex
“To minimize waste and optimize storage space, the manager instructed the new employees to marry the ketchup at the end of every shift.”
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