Meanings
- figurativelyslanguncountableA person or group that functions as warm bodies, especially those who serve no useful purpose.
Instead he found himself in a packed meeting where he was mere meat in the room.
2015 May 4, Matt Prigge, “TV Recap: 'Mad Men,' Season 7, Episode 12: Peggy and Roger get drunk”, in Metro2 more examples
He replaced McNair because of cramp in the last few minutes, and was essentially meat in the room.
2015 December 14, Alexander Netherton, “Player Ratings: Bournemouth 2-1 Manchester United”, in The Busby BabeN is a vegetarian who doesn’t like aubergines, from which I think you can conclude he only became veggie because he’s not a huge fan of food. He’s only there for company, just meat in the room (ironically).
2016 June 11, Zoe Williams, “Kouzu, London SW1, restaurant review”, in The Telegraph
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