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FOOD for THOUGHT: 25 Food Idioms To Sound Like a Native English Speaker! Hi all. I hope life is good for you. Wherever in the world you may be. Now, I know that many of you are keen on learning idioms. In fact, you could say that you're hungry for idioms. So today we are going to look at food idioms and there are loads of them. We're just going to cover 25 today. So here we go. Here's the first one. Food for thought. Something to think about, to consider carefully to digest. Idioms are strange, but they give us food for thought to have a bun in the oven. Now, a bun is a cake or a bread roll, but if a woman has a bun in the oven, she's pregnant. Daisy can't come on holiday with us. She has a bun in the oven. Be careful how you use it. Make sure that you've got your fat straight before you repeat it to anyone. A pinch of salt to take something with a pinch of salt is to not completely believe what you've been told. I would take everything that he says with a pinch of salt, not let him upset you. Good advice. As flat as a pancake, simply means very flat. I got a puncture and my tire was as flat as a pancake to be. The apple of one's eye. If you are the apple of someone's eye. You are loved and admired. His daughter is the apple of his eye. Are you the apple of anyone's eye to go? Pear shaped means to.Fall or fall apart or to fail. Dave's had to close his business. It all went pear shaped When I've explained this one, it's caused a little bit of an amusement and consternation. That means concern, worry. You don't use it to describe people, especially women. You don't say, oh. She's looking all pear shaped unless you want to s slap on the face, use it to talk about situations which have gone wrong. As nutty as a fruitcake.If you describe someone as being as nutty as a fruitcake, you mean they're crazy. Or eccentric Belinda's as nutty as a fruitcake. She walks around town talking to herself, nutty as a fruitcake, a fruitcake in. England and the UK can contain nuts, can contain walnuts or almonds. So yeah, you can have a fruitcake, which is nutty, and you can have a person whos nutty as a fruitcake. To have your cake and eat it too. It means to have and enjoy all good parts without having or dealing with the bad parts. She wants a pay rise, but she doesn't want to work hard. You can't have your cake and eat it too. It's a bit of a strange one, really, you know, to have your cake and eat it, you would eat it. But, um, there you go. Idioms are strange. Sometimes when something is extremely easy, very easy, we can say it's a piece of cake. I was worried about taking the test, but it was a piece of cake, English idioms. Are not a piece of cake, are they? If you are cheesed off, you are angry, annoyed, or frustrated about something. I got so cheesed off with the boss always changing his mind about the project I. Here's another cheese one. cheesy. If something is cheesy, it's not very good or original in a way that's embarrassing, but it can be funny. His jokes are always cheesy, but they make me laugh. To butter up. It means to be extra nice to someone usually for selfish reasons. We will have to butter up Angie, before we tell her about the broken window. You ever butter up people? Your boss maybe? No. When you want to pay rise, Butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. Means to be overly co or demure. Insincere. She always looked so innocent as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, that we knew better. Hmm The best thing since sliced bread. If someone thinks that something is the best thing since sliced bread, they think it's very good. It's excellent. My dad doesn't like him, but my mom thinks he's the best thing since sliced bread. It's a very popular idiom in the uk probably because a lot of people buy sliced bread 'cause it's so convenient. A fine kettle of fish. Means a mess or a difficult situation. Well, this is a fine kettle of fish. I thought I'd paid the electricity bill, but the electric's now gone off. Well, that's a fine kettle of fish. To egg. on means to encourage someone to do something, which. They shouldn't really do. He wouldn't have taken the car if his friends hadn't egged him on. You have egg on your face if you've said or done something wrong and it's made you feel embarrassed or stupid. She told everyone she could speak Spanish, but she had egg on her face when she went to Madrid and no one could understand her. Cool as a cucumber. If someone's as cool as a cucumber, it means they're relaxed, not showing any concern or worry. I expected him to be nervous about the interview. No, he was as cool as a cucumber. Nice one. In a nutshell, we use this when we are going to say something in as few words as possible in a nutshell. We can't afford to buy a new car. To bring home the bacon means to earn the household income. I don't really like my job, but it brings home the bacon. I do like my job actually. Bread and butter. We can use this to talk about. Our livelihood or source of income? Main source of income. I have loads of interests, but being a teacher is my bread and butter. My bread and butter job. To have bigger fish to fry, to have more important things to do. I'm not giving any thought to what he thinks of about it. I've got bigger fish to fry. To have a finger in every pie. If someone has a finger in every pie, it means that they're involved in lots of different activities. It's usually said with a negative, meaning. She wouldn't have to complain about being overworked if she didn't have a finger in every pie. Here's one you probably know, not my cup of tea. You say this when something's not to your interest or taste, basically, you don't like it. I know rap music is very popular these days, but it's not my cup of tea To have a lot on one's plate. Simply means that you're very busy. You have a lot of different things, which you have to do. Now you have a lot on your plate trying to learn all these different idioms. Maybe you should rewind and go back to the beginning and watch them again. If you have any questions, do please put them in the comments. It'd be great to see them. Okay. Thank you. I hope you enjoyed the video and found it useful. and I will see you again very soon. Bye for now.