"meat and drink" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1811, An Exposition of the Old and New Testament",
          "text": "The work he had done in instructing the woman; the work he had to do among the Samaritans; the prospect he now had of doing good to many, this was meat and drink to him; it was the greatest pleasure and satisfaction imaginable.",
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          "ref": "1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 132",
          "text": "This sort of thing is meat and drink to the born Controller—and Controllers are born with the right imperturbable temperament for the job; hence the fact that they are recruited from many different grades of operating staff, and some recruits don't stay the course.",
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        "That on which somebody survives, or which makes their existence meaningful; means of subsistence."
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