"Now, go and make my dinner!" - ?
In the end of the episode of "Ashes to Ashes", Sharon acted like a hero by having captured a dangerous criminal. And at the celebration ceremony for that Ray, the "misogynist" is making his speech:
"...But what Shaz did tonight was incredible. And I for one am very proud to be a colleague of yours.
Now, go and make my dinner!"
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1a2lVEqgMmEBqQK6dE1pIpDToBSnqt-nQ
In the Urban dictionary, I could find the explanation of the "I'll give you a dinner!" as a Scottish phrase with the meaning "I'll beat you!" So, I could interpret the "Now, go and make my dinner!" as "You are the best and keep on going as you are!"
Can you please give me your comments on that?
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Hello Igor. You said that Ray is a known misogynist. When he says, "Now go an make my dinner!", he is making a misogynistic joke. On the one hand, he gives Shaz a compliment for solving the case. He calls her a "colleague" and makes a speech for her. Only when he follows it up with, "Now go and make my dinner!", he is joking that Shaz belongs in the kitchen. He is saying that women belong in the kitchen (preparing meals for men). It is said as a joke with misogynistic undertones.
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I don't think Ray is saying he will beat Sharon.
He is simply saying Sharon should make dinner as she is a woman. Ray is a misogynist, he believes that women are only useful for helping men (for example by making his dinner).
Ray is being cruel, sexist and disgusting but, I don't think he is suggesting he will hurt Sharon. He is humiliating her instead.
The phrase you found on urban dictionary is not a common expression for beating someone in the UK.
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