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Food Idioms: Examples and Explanations Finger in the pie - Participating

Apple of his eye - A favorite Food for thought - Something to think about
As busy as popcorn on a skillet - Very active Forbidden fruit - Something banned
As easy as apple pie - Something simple For peanuts - Inexpensive
As flat as a pancake - Very flat Full of beans - Feel energetic
As hungry as a bear - Very hungry Go bananas - Excited or crazy
As nutty as a fruitcake - Crazy Goose is cooked - Finished or in trouble
As slow as molasses in January - Very slow Gravy train - Well-paying job
As sour as vinegar - Disagreeable Greatest thing since sliced bread - Something that is
As sweet as honey - Very sweet excellent
As thick as pea soup - Very thick Half a loaf is better than none - Something is better
As warm as toast - Very warm than nothing
Bad apple - Bad person Half-baked - Not thought through
Bear fruit - Get results Hand to someone on a silver platter - Cater to
Big cheese - Important person someone
Big enchilada - Important thing or person Hard nut to crack - Difficult person
Have a lot on one’s plate - Very busy
Bite off more than you can chew - Try to do more than you Have a sweet tooth - Like sweet foods
can handle Have bigger fish to fry - Have more important things
Bite the hand that feeds you - Act badly to someone who to do
helps you Have egg on your face - Be embarrassed
Bitter pill to swallow - Hard to take Have one’s cake and eat it too - Having something
both ways
Bread and butter - Basic needs In a nutshell - In summary
Bring home the bacon - Earn a living In a pickle - In trouble
Butter up - Flatter someone to get something Life is a bowl of cherries - Life is good
Buy a lemon - Buy something worthless Like taking candy from a baby - Easy to do
Chew the fat - Talk Like two peas in a pod - Very similar
Meat and potatoes - Basics, simple food
Coffee break - A break from work to eat or drink Melt in one’s mouth - Delicious
Compare apples and oranges - Compare things that are Not for all the tea in China - Not for any price
very different Not know beans about - Unfamiliar or ignorant
Cook his goose - Damage or affect negatively Not worth a hill of beans - Not valuable
Cook up a storm - Cook a large quantity Nutty as a fruitcake - Crazy
Packed in like sardines - Crowded
Cool as a cucumber - Doesn’t get easily upset Piece of cake - Easy
Couch potato - Someone who watches a lot of TV Pie in the sky - A dream
Cream of the crop - The best Rotten to the core - Very bad
Cut the mustard - Do what is necessary Salt of the Earth - Ordinary people
Cry over spilt milk - Worry about something in the past Sell like hotcakes - Sell a lot
Slice of the pie - A share of something
Drop like a hot potato - To immediately stop Small potatoes - Unimportant
Eat crow - Admit a mistake Spill the beans - Tell a secret
Eat dirt - Be humble Stick to your ribs - Last a long time
Eat high on the hog - Eat fine food Sugarcoat - Gloss over bad information
Eat humble pie - To apologize Take with a grain of salt - Don’t take something
Eat like a bird - Eat a small amount seriously
Eat like a horse - Eat a lot That’s the way the cookie crumbles - Things happen
Eat one’s heart out - To be jealous There is no such thing as a free lunch - Can’t get
Eat out - Dine in a restaurant something for nothing
Eat out of her hands - Do what she wants Top banana - Leader
Eat us out of house and home - Eat a lot Variety is the spice of life - Differences give life inter-
Eat your words - Take back words est
Egg on - Urge someone Walk on eggshells - Be cautious
Either feast or famine - Either too much or not enough
Whole enchilada - Entire thing
Everything from soup to nuts - A wide variety of items
Worth your salt - Worthwhile
Fat is in the fire - Big problem
Fine kettle of fish - A mess

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