There are lots of idioms that are used today. Indeed, you will almost hear it everyday and everywhere.
This time, let us talk about the food idioms. Just try to read and understand the meaning of each idiom. Here are some of them. Enjoy learning!
apple of (someone`s) eye
– someone or something that one likes a lot or likes more than others
as black as a skillet
– very black
as cool as a cucumber
– to be calm, to be not nervous or anxious
as flat as a pancake
– very flat
as sweet as honey/sugar
– very sweet
bad apple
– a bad person
bear fruit
– to yield or give results
big cheese
– an important person, a leader
bitter pill to swallow
– something unpleasant that one must accept
bread and butter
– one’s income or job that is used to buy the basic needs of life like food or shelter or clothing
clear the table
– to remove the dishes and other eating utensils from a table after eating
cook (someone’s) goose
– to damage or ruin someone
cut the mustard
– to succeed, to do adequately what needs to be done
eat dirt
– to act humble, to accept another person’s insults or bad treatment
eat like a bird
– to eat only a small amount of food
eat one`s words
– to take back something that one has said, to admit that something is not true
eyes are bigger than one’s stomach
– the amount of food that one takes is greater than what one could possibly eat
forbidden fruit
– something that one finds attractive partly because it is illegal or immoral or prohibited
hard nut to crack
– a difficult person or thing to deal with or get to know
lay an egg
– to give a bad performance of something
melt in one’s mouth
– to taste very good
pie in the sky
– an idea or plan that you think will never happen
salt of the earth
– good/basic/honest/ordinary people
top banana
– the person who is the boss or the top person in a group or organization
walk on eggshells/eggs
– to be very cautious and careful around someone so that he or she does not become angry
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