What does the expression “to have breakfast at Tiffany” mean? Is it often used? There was a film I haven’t seen - “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” What does the expression “to have breakfast at Tiffany” mean? Is it often used? The context: "Welcome to the age of "un-innocence." No one has breakfast at Tiffany's, and no one has affairs to remember. Instead, we have breakfast at 7:00 a. M... and affairs we try to forget as quickly as possible."