Meanings
- A snide phrase used when declining a request, especially when previously assumed that the request will be fulfilled.
And then remember what I said, if that's the case, then no soup for you! LOL. You get no reward meal if you veer off the carb cycle even 1%, that's the deal!
2017 April 4, Michael Morelli, The Sweet Potato Diet: The Super Carb-Cycling Program to Lose Up to 12 Pounds in 2 Weeks, Hachette UK, →ISBN, →OCLC, Reward Meal1 more example
Once you know a plan has the drugs you need, and once you know what these drugs will cost, you might think you'd be done with your due diligence. Ha! No soup for you!
2016 October 4, Philip Moeller, Get What's Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs (The Get What's Yours Series), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 127
Origin
From episode 116, The Soup Nazi of the sitcom Seinfeld.
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