Food+Idioms

Here is a list of Expressions (Idioms) related to food. Have fun!

**be the apple of someone's eye** = be someone's favorite person: "She's the apple of her father's eye."

**be as nice as pie** = be extremely nice and charming, so that you can fool people: "She can be as nice as pie, but don't trust her!"

**a piece of cake** = be extremely simple: "This program is a piece of cake to use."

**full of beans** = be full of energy: "You're full of beans today – it's nice to see you so lively!"

**beef about something** = complain about something: "He's always beefing about the pay."

**cheesy** = predictable and unimaginative: "I don't want to see that film again – it's really cheesy."

**a couch-potato** = someone who never goes out or exercises: "He watches TV all day – what a couch-potato!"

**like butter wouldn't melt in your mouth** = appear innocent: "When I asked her about the missing money, she tried to look like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth."

**bring home the bacon** = earn money for necessary things, like food: "He brings home the bacon in that family."

**the way the cookie crumbles** = the way things are: "I'm sorry I didn't get the promotion, but that's the way the cookie crumbles."

**have someone eat out of your hand** = have control over someone: "He has her eating out of his hand – it's sad."

**eat your heart out!** = telling someone they should be jealous of you: "I'm going on holiday to Jamaica – eat your heart out!"

**not your cup of tea** = something that you don't like much: "Football isn't my cup of tea."

**it smells fishy** = something that is suspicious: "He wants to do all the housework for you? That smells fishy to me!"

Food Idioms Part 2