October 3, 2019 | 0 comments
EATING OUT-ENGLISH IDIOMS
Food idioms
How cool would it be If you ordered your meal in idioms. English idioms used with food are in the hundreds, so I could only show a small percentage of them here.
acquire a taste for (something)
– to develop a liking for some kind of food or drink or something else
My friend has recently acquired a taste for classical music.
apple of (someone`s) eye
– someone or something that one likes a lot or likes more than others
The little girl is the apple of her grandfather`s eye.
as black as a skillet
– very black
The little boy’s feet were as black as a skillet.
as busy as popcorn on a skillet
– very active
The children were as busy as popcorn on a skillet when the teacher entered the classroom.
as cool as a cucumber
– to be calm, to be not nervous or anxious
The man is as cool as a cucumber and never worries about anything.
as easy as apple pie
– very easy
The test that I wrote yesterday was as easy as apple pie.
as easy as duck soup
– very easy
It was as easy as duck soup to find the book that I wanted in the library.
as flat as a pancake
– very flat
The child’s toy was as flat as a pancake after the car drove over it.
as hungry as a bear
– very hungry
I was as hungry as a bear when I returned home from work yesterday.
as nutty as a fruitcake
– silly, crazy
The man in the supermarket was as nutty as a fruitcake.
as red as a cherry
– bright red
My new sweater is as red as a cherry.
as slow as molasses in January
– very slow
The little boy is as slow as molasses in January and he never gets his work finished on time.
as sour as vinegar
– sour and disagreeable
The old man next door is as sour as vinegar.
as sweet as honey/sugar
– very sweet
The librarian is as sweet as honey and everybody loves her.
as thick as pea soup
– very thick (can be used with fog as well as with liquids)
The fog was as thick as pea soup along the beach.
as warm as toast
– very warm and cozy
Our house was as warm as toast when we came in from the rain.
at one sitting
– at one time, during one period
We ate most of the cake at one sitting.
back to the salt mines
– to go back to work (this is a humorous expression to express going back to unpleasant work)
“Lunch is over so let`s go back to the salt mines for the afternoon.”
bad apple
– a bad person
The boy is a bad apple and he is always in some kind of trouble.
bad egg
– a bad person
when you take a high level English exam like the CAE or CPE idioms are an important factor and you need to know idioms if you want to do well in the exam.
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