Idiom
prawn cocktail offensive
Meaning
a strategy of the Labour Party in winning over important people in the world of finance
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The politician launched a prawn cocktail offensive to win over the bankers.”
“To gain support from the financial sector, the party leader began a charm-filled prawn cocktail offensive.”
“By hosting exclusive dinners for city investors, the candidate hoped his calculated prawn cocktail offensive would secure the necessary trust for his economic reforms.”
Examples
simple
“The politician launched a prawn cocktail offensive to win over the bankers.”
contextual
“To gain support from the financial sector, the party leader began a charm-filled prawn cocktail offensive.”
complex
“By hosting exclusive dinners for city investors, the candidate hoped his calculated prawn cocktail offensive would secure the necessary trust for his economic reforms.”
Origin
Compare charm offensive. Prawn cocktail implies taking people out for lunch.
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