Please clarify the sentence

[olegv]

• Please clarify the meaning of the following sentence: "On a food phenomenon the recession can't lick." Many thanks
  

 

[Tullia]

• Please clarify the meaning of the following sentence: "On a food phenomenon the recession can't lick." Many thanks
  

"To lick something" can have the meaning "to beat something, to conquer something".

Example: Manchester United, having been well and truly licked by arch-rivals Liverpool last weekend, are looking for a full five points from today's game.

It's a colloquial term, and perhaps a little old-fashioned.

 

[Rover_KE]

'...a full three points' even.

(Sorry, Tullia.)

Rover

 

[Tullia]

'...a full three points' even.

(Sorry, Tullia.)

Rover

I'm a cricket lass, and my local cricket league give five points for a win.

Football is a silly game, but no need to say sorry - knowledge is knowledge, so thanks for the correction! :up: