30 English Food Idioms
Food idioms are seasoned with everyday life wisdom. Learn these 30 delicious expressions to enrich your English vocabulary.
Piece of cake
The exam was a piece of cake.
Icing on the cake
Getting a bonus was the icing on the cake.
Have your cake and eat it too
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Spill the beans
Who spilled the beans about the surprise?
Full of beans
The kids are full of beans this morning.
Cool as a cucumber
She stayed cool as a cucumber during the interview.
In a pickle
I'm in a pickle. I double-booked my schedule.
Apple of my eye
My daughter is the apple of my eye.
Bad apple
One bad apple can ruin the whole team.
Compare apples and oranges
You can't compare those two. It's apples and oranges.
Sour grapes
He said he didn't want the job anyway. Sour grapes.
Go bananas
The crowd went bananas when the singer appeared.
Top banana
She's the top banana in the marketing department.
Banana republic
Critics called it a banana republic.
Bring home the bacon
Both parents work to bring home the bacon.
Save one's bacon
That backup file saved my bacon.
Bread and butter
Teaching English is his bread and butter.
Best thing since sliced bread
She thinks her idea is the best thing since sliced bread.
Butter someone up
He's trying to butter up the boss for a promotion.
Egg on your face
He had egg on his face after the wrong prediction.
Walk on eggshells
I walk on eggshells around my angry neighbor.
Put all eggs in one basket
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Diversify.
Hot potato
Immigration is a political hot potato.
Couch potato
Stop being a couch potato and go for a walk.
Small potatoes
That deal is small potatoes compared to this one.
Cry over spilled milk
It's done. No use crying over spilled milk.
Cream of the crop
Only the cream of the crop get hired here.
Food for thought
That documentary gave me a lot of food for thought.
In a nutshell
In a nutshell, we need more time and budget.
Tough nut to crack
This math problem is a tough nut to crack.
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