An empty armchair with a napkin and a half-eaten plate of pasta and a glass beside it.

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Gekko

Lunch is for wimps.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The line turns taking lunch into a test of toughness, dismissing anyone who stops for it as weak. Its brevity makes the judgment sound absolute and leaves no room for qualification. The swagger comes from treating an ordinary meal as evidence of insufficient resolve.

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