A pink-frosted cupcake with a paper umbrella sits on a small plate beside an upright gold-coloured fork on a teal surface.

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Dana

Okay, but after dinner, I don't want you putting any of your old cheap moves on me.

— Ghostbusters II ‧ 1989

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

A wary condition set before a meal: the speaker will have dinner, but expects no clumsy, tired seduction tactics afterward. It sounds half-teasing and half-serious, as if the other person's habitual charm tricks are already well known and thoroughly unimpressive.

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