IDIOMS ABOUT FOOD

IDIOMS ABOUT FOOD

Read the meaning of these set phrases or idioms

1- It's no use crying over spilt milk: It's a waste of time worrying, complaining or feeling sad about something which is done and cannot be changed. 

Spanish: Dejar de lamentarse (por algo que ya no tiene remedio)

Example: I know you're disappointed with your exam results. Next time study harder but stop feeling so sad. It's no use crying over spilt milk.

2- To have a sweet tooth/To be sweet toothed: If someone has a sweet tooth or someone is sweet toothed, this person likes sweet things a lot.

Spanish: Ser goloso.

Example:  I love confectionery (cakes, chocolates, pastries....). I must admit I have a sweet tooth / I must admit I am sweet toothed.

 

3- A piece of cake: very, extremely easy to do.

Spanish: estar chupado, ser coser y cantar, estar tirado.

Example: We finished the exam very quickly. Actually, it was a piece of cake.

4- To sell like hot cakes: be sold quickly and in big quantities.

Spanish: venderse como rosquillas, como churros.

Example: Ken Follet's books sell like hot cakes.

5- The apple of one's eye: A person, usually a child, who somebody loves very much; a favourite child.

Spanish: el favorito, la niña de tus ojos.

Example: The second child, Edward, was the apple of his mother's eyes.

6- To be full of beans: very active, lively and healthy.

Spanish: estar rebosante de energía, vitalidad.

Example: After his terrible illness, Ferdinand is again full of beans.

7- To spill the beans: To tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private.

Spanish: contar todo, desvelar un secreto, tirar de la manta.

Example: We tried to keep it a secret from  Sheila but John spilled the beans!

8- As cool as a cucumber: Very calm and relaxed

Spanish: tan fresco, como si nada

Example: The walk was long and tiring but she was as cool as a cucumber and wanted to keep  on walking !

A similar expression is as fresh as a daisy:(in Spanish) fresco como una rosa .

9- A hard nut (to crack) : A very difficult problem to solve or a very difficult person to deal with.

Spanish: un hueso duro de roer

Example: You'll find it difficult to make him change his mind.He's a hard nut.

10- A couch potato: A person who spends most of his/her time sitting and watching television.

Spanish: no se me ocurre otra cosa mejor que teleadicto (pero en sentido peyorativo).

Example: Cindy is really angry with her husband because he keeps sitting down in front of the TV all the time watching sports. She says she's married a couch potato!