Food Idioms Examples and Explanation

Food Idioms
Examples and Explanations
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• Apple of his eye - A favorite
• As busy as popcorn on a skillet - Very active
• As easy as apple pie - Something simple
• As flat as a pancake - Very flat
• As hungry as a bear - Very hungry
• As nutty as a fruitcake - Crazy
• As slow as molasses in January - Very slow
• As sour as vinegar - Disagreeable
• As sweet as honey - Very sweet
• As thick as pea soup - Very thick
• As warm as toast - Very warm
• Bad apple - Bad person
• Bear fruit - Get results
• Big cheese - Important person
• Big enchilada - Important thing or person
• Bite off more than you can chew - Try to do more than you can handle
• Bite the hand that feeds you - Act badly to someone who helps you
• Bitter pill to swallow - Hard to take
• Bread and butter - Basic needs
• Bring home the bacon - Earn a living
• Butter up - Flatter someone to get something
• Buy a lemon - Buy something worthless
• Chew the fat - Talk
• Coffee break - A break from work to eat or drink
• Compare apples and oranges - Compare things that are very different
• Cook his goose - Damage or affect negatively
• Cook up a storm - Cook a large quantity
• Cool as a cucumber - Doesn’t get easily upset
• Couch potato - Someone who watches a lot of TV
• Cream of the crop - The best
• Cut the mustard - Do what is necessary
• Cry over spilt milk - Worry about something in the past
• Drop like a hot potato - To immediately stop
• Eat crow - Admit a mistake
• Eat dirt - Be humble
• Eat high on the hog - Eat fine food
• Eat humble pie - To apologize
• Eat like a bird - Eat a small amount
• Eat like a horse - Eat a lot
• Eat one's heart out - To be jealous
• Eat out - Dine in a restaurant
• Eat out of her hands - Do what she wants
• Eat us out of house and home - Eat a lot
• Eat your words - Take back words
• Egg on - Urge someone
• Either feast or famine - Either too much or not enough.