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27-12-2005, 05:41 PM
Here is Food Idioms
Hope you like them
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
COOMING SoooooN
PART - 2 -
Hope you like them
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
COOMING SoooooN
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