Someone recently called me a good egg. When I hear the phrase good egg, I automatically think of the phrase bad egg and the scene from the movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory when Veruca Salt goes down the garbage chute.
Today, I thought it would be fun to review some food phrases. I gathered these phrases from various online sources.
good egg: a good person
bad egg: a bad person
have all your eggs in one basket: put too much faith in one thing
have egg on one’s face: to be caught or embarrassed
to walk on eggshells: to try hard not to upset someone or something
it’s all gravy: it’s all good
that’s the way the cookie crumbles: that is the way things happen
piece of cake: easy
icing on the cake: something added to something else that is already good
easy as pie: very easy
sell like hotcakes: to sell quickly
spill the beans: give away a secret
full of beans: lively or hyper
big cheese: an important person
use your noodle: use your brain
go bananas or go nuts: to go crazy
bring home the bacon: go earn money
a bun in the oven: pregnant
bread and butter: basic needs of life (food, shelter, clothing)
wake up and smell the coffee: to become aware of your surroundings
cup of tea: something one enjoys or does well
the best thing since sliced bread: a big deal
as keen as mustard: very enthusiastic
as cool as a cucumber: calm and unruffled
two peas in a pod: two identical items or people
a watched pot never boils: time moves slowly when you’re waiting for something to happen
cream of the crop: the best of the best
a lemon: something useless or defective
there’s no use crying over spilled milk: don’t complain about something that has already happened or that can’t be changed
peanuts: low wage
in a pickle: to be in a difficult situation
take something with a grain of salt: to be skeptical of a promise or statement; or to not take things literally or harshly
the proof is in the pudding: something is successful and useful because it has been tried before
butter someone up: to flatter or praise someone
landed in soup: to be in trouble
souped up: to change something to make it faster or more powerful
hot potato: a question or argument that is controversial and difficult to settle
to know your onions: to know a lot about a particular subject
to cherry-pick: to unfairly choose the best people or things
to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut: to do something with more force than is necessary to achieve the results you want
fish out of water: to be uncomfortable in a particular situation
to have bigger fish to fry: to have more important things to do
something is fishy: something is suspicious
a knuckle sandwich: a punch
a sandwich short of a picnic: stupid or crazy
Jackie Solano | Technical Editor | Symitar®
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