Food Idioms “I’m as hungry as a horse!”

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 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 flat as a pancake very flat The child's toy was as flat as a pancake after the car drove over it.

bad apple, bad egg - a bad person The boy is a bad apple and he is always in some kind of trouble. My neighbor is a bad egg and you should avoid him.

bear fruit - to yield or give results The woman's hard work at her business finally began to bear fruit when she started to make money.

bite the hand that feeds one to harm someone who does good things for you I do not want to make my company angry because I do not want to bite the hand that feeds me.

butter (someone) up or butter up (someone) to flatter someone in order to get his or her favor or friendship The man spends much time trying to butter up his boss so that he will not have to work so hard.

can't stomach (someone or something) to dislike or hate someone or something I cannot stomach the idea of meeting my old girlfriend.

bring home the bacon to earn your family’s living Recently, I have been working hard to bring home the bacon.

cook up a storm to prepare a large quantity of food My friend cooked up a storm for the party. Can also be used as exercise up a storm.

cry over spilled milk to cry or complain about something that has already happened You should not cry over spilled milk. The past is past and you cannot change it.

go on a binge to eat or do too much of something My friend went on a binge and ate too much chocolate.

have bigger fish to fry to have more important things to do I have bigger fish to fry and I do not want to do extra work for my company.

have one's cake and eat it too to use or spend something and still keep it, to have something both ways I wanted to have my cake and eat it too when I wanted more holidays and more responsibility at work.

icing on the cake something that makes a good situation or activity even better I found a good job and the fact that I can work where I want is the icing on the cake.

rub salt in (someone's) wound to try to make someone's unhappiness or misfortune worse I did not mention the car accident to my friend because I did not want to rub salt in his wound.

spill the beans to tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know about it Please do not spill the beans about my plans to return to school next year."

sugarcoat (something) to make something that is unpleasant seem more pleasant, to coat something with sugar The government tried to sugarcoat the new policy but nobody was happy with it.