French toast, pain perdu, he is toast

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French toast, also known as German toast,^[1][2] gypsy toast,^[3] poor knights (of Windsor),^[4] or Spanish toast,^[2] is a dish made of bread soaked in beaten eggs and then fried.

French toast served at a restaurant
Serving temperature	Hot, with toppings
Main ingredients	Bread, eggs, milk or cream

The usual French name is pain perdu "lost bread", as it is a way to reclaim stale or otherwise "lost" bread. It may also be called pain doré"gilded bread".^[7] The term pain perdu was formerly used metaphorically to mean sunk costs.^[8]

What is the meaning of the phrase “He is toast”?

The phrase “he is toast” or “you are toast” is used to mean that someone is “finished” or “ruined” in the sense that either their life, their career, their financial well being, or something else has come to a negative ending. The phrase is used in a variety of different contexts, but has a negative meaning associated with it.