# prost Mahlzeit

prost Mahlzeit is a German interjection meaning “that does it”.

## Meanings

1. _archaic_ bon appetit, enjoy your meal
2. _sarcastic_ that does it, that's just great
   - Ja, und diese achttausend Pferd, / Die man nach Flandern jetzt begehrt, / Sind von der Armee nur der kleine Finger. / Läßt man sie ziehn, ihr tröstet euch, / Wir seien um ein Fünftel nur geringer? / Pros't Mahlzeit! da fällt das Ganze gleich. — The eight thousand horse they wish to disband / May be but a finger of our army's hand. / But when they're once gone may we understand / We are but one-fifth the less? Oh, no— / By the Lord, the whole to the devil will go!

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