Food Idioms

موضوع: Food Idioms 2010-09-28, 10:37

Food Idioms
Here is food Idioms

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Idiom
Definition
Example

PART -1 -
apple of one`s eye

- someone or something that one likes a lot -
.The little girl is the apple of her grandfather`s eye

back to the salt mines

- back to work, humorous expression to
express going back to unpleasant work -
""Well, lunch is over so let`s go back to the salt mines for the afternoon.

bad egg

- a bad person, bum -
.That man is a bad egg so you should try and avoid him if you can

big cheese

- an important person, a leader -
.He is a big cheese in his company so you should be very nice to him

bread and butter

]- basic needs of life (food,shelter,clothing -
.The voters are worried about bread and butter issues like jobs and taxes

bring home the bacon

- earn your family`s living -
.Recently he has been working very hard trying to bring home
the bacon. He has no time to do anything else

butter up

- flatter someone to try to get their favor or friendship -
He spends most of his free time trying to butter up his
.boss so that he won`t have to work so hard.

carrot and stick

- promising to reward and punish someone at the same time -
The government took a carrot and stick approach to
.the people who were illegally protesting against the construction of the dam

chew the fat

- chat -
We stayed up very late last night chewing
.the fat about our university days

coffee break

- a break from work to rest and drink coffee -
We usually take a 15-minute coffee break
.every morning about 10 o`clock

cool as a cucumber

- calm, not nervous or anxious -
He is always as cool as a cucumber and
.never worries about anything

cream of the crop

- best of a group, the top choice -
The company is well-known as a good place to work and
.is always able to hire the cream of the crop of university graduates

cry over spilt milk

- cry or complain about something that has already happened -
You shouldn't cry over spilt milk. The past is past
.and you can`t do anything to change it

cup of tea

- something one enjoys or does well (usually used in the negative)
Going to art galleries is not my cup of tea so I think
.that I will stay home this evening and not go with you

cut the mustard

- succeed, do adequately what needs to be done -
He wasn`t able to cut the mustard so he had to
.leave the army after only one year

duck soup

- a task that doesn`t require much effort -
.It was duck soup. I was able to finish everything early last night

eat crow

- admit one is mistaken or defeated, take
back a mistaken statement -
I was forced to eat crow and had to apologize for the mistake
.that I made about the restructuring of our company

eat dirt

- act humble, accept another`s insult or bad treatment -
.We made him eat dirt after he accused us of lying about the salary cut

eat humble pie

- be humbled, admit one`s error and apologize -
Our boss was forced to eat humble pie after everyone realized that
.he had made the wrong budget estimate for next year

eat one`s cake and have it too

- use or spend something and still keep it -
He refuses to give up anything and always wants to eat his
.cake and have it too

eat one`s words

- take back something one has said, admit something is not true -
I told my boss that I would be quitting but later I had to eat
.my words and tell him that I wanted to stay

egg on

- urge someone on -
.Many people at the football game were egged on by the drunken fans

finger in the pie

- participate in something that is happening -
.He always tries to keep his finger in the pie so that he can control everything

full of beans

- feel energetic, in high spirits -
.She is full of beans tonight and doesn`t want to stop talking

gravy train

- a job or work that pays more than it is worth -
For many years his job was a real gravy train but now the company
.has become very strict and will not pay overtime

half-baked

- not thought out or studied carefully -
He has a half-baked idea about starting a new business
.but most of us think that it will fail

hand to someone on a silver platter

- give a person something that has not been earned -
His education was handed to him on a silver platter
.and now he is very spoiled and selfish

hard nut to crack

- something or someone difficult to understand or do -
.He is a very serious person and is a very hard nut to crack

(get or) have egg on one`s face

- be embarassed -
He has egg on his face because everyone knows
.that he was sick at the party

hit the sauce

- drink alcohol (usually regularly) -
.I think that she has begun to hit the sauce since her husband lost his job

hot potato

- a question or argument that is controversial

and difficult to settle
The issue of building the nuclear power plant is a real
.hot potato for the local town council

in a nutshell

- briefly, in a few words -
We went to the meeting and they told us in a nutshell what
.would be happening to everyone next year

in the soup

- in serious trouble, in disorder -
She is really in the soup now. She told her boss that she was
.sick but he saw her downtown shopping

make one`s mouth water

- look or smell very good, want to eat or drink very much -
The restaurant is supposed to be wonderful and every time that
.I see the menu it makes my mouth water

nutty as a fruitcake

- crazy -
He is a very nice man but he acts strange sometimes and I
.often think that he is as nutty as a fruitcake

out of the frying pan and into the fire

- go from something bad to something worse -
She quit the job because of some small
problems but she has jumped out of the frying pan and
.into the fire because now her problems are much worse

out to lunch

- crazy, mad -
.She is totally out to lunch and you should never believe what she tells you

piece of cake

- a task that is easily accomplished -
.It was a piece of cake. I had everything done before lunch this morning

polish the apple

- flatter someone -
Nobody likes her because she is always trying to
.polish the apple with her teacher

souped up

- change something to make it faster or more powerful
by changing or adding something -
The new car that his neighbor bought is a souped
.up model of the one that he had last year

salt away

- save money -
He has been working there for seven years and has

.been able to salt away quite a lot of money

sell like hotcakes

- sell quickly or rapidly -
The new CD has only been released for about
.a week but already it is selling like hotcakes

spill the beans

- tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know about it -
Please don`t spill the beans about my plans to quit
.working and go back to school next year

stew in one`s own juice

- suffer from something that one has caused to happen -
He is the one who caused the problem for himself and
.he is now being forced to stew in his own juice

take with a grain of salt

- accept or believe only part of something -
You should take everything that he says
with a grain of salt as everyone knows that he likes to
.exaggerate things when he is speaking

upset the applecart

- ruin a plan or event by surprise or accident -
Everything was going well at the company gathering
.until he came along and upset the apple cart

worth one`s salt

- being a good worker, worth what one is paid -
He has only been working here for a month but over
.and over he has proved that he is worth his sal

موضوع: رد: Food Idioms 2010-09-28, 19:37

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