keen as mustard
Very keen, enthusiastic, eager.
Food & eating · Ăn uống 494
From street food to feasts — how Vietnamese and English talk about eating.
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kitchen bitch
A person who is assigned menial tasks in the kitchen of a restaurant.
lace into
To vigorously attack, either physically or verbally.
lard down
To weigh down (something, usually a person or food) by making it fatty.
lard up
To prepare a food for cooking by stuffing it with fat.
lather up
To lather; to cover with suds
lay into
To beat up or launch an attack against; to strike forcefully.
lemony fresh
Fresh; good; fashionable.
lick up
To consume something by first licking it from a surface.
like a dose of salts
Very quickly and thoroughly.
like a knife through butter
With great ease and effectiveness.
like flies on pie
Synonym of like white on rice.
like hot cakes
Synonym of quickly, especially in the context of sales or consumption.
like mushrooms
Very quickly and in great quantity.
like peas and carrots
Getting along very well; being compatible; like a house on fire.
like shooting fish in a barrel
Extremely easy; sometimes with a connotation of triumph but at other times with a connotation of being meaningless and unsatisfying.
like water
Abundantly; consumed rapidly or found in great quantity.
live like a fighting cock
To enjoy good food regularly.
live not to eat, but eat to live
Alternative form of eat to live, not live to eat.
lose one's lunch
To vomit, throw up.
lost in the sauce
Out of it, lost, e.g. due to intoxication, aimlessness, or being bewildered or distracted.
lump together
To put different items or groups together and regard or treat them as one single group (either knowingly or unknowingly, and either advisedly or unadvisedly).
lunch in
To eat lunch inside and at home; to dine in on lunch.
lunch out
To have lunch either outdoors or in a restaurant; to dine out for lunch.
ma'am sandwich
The practice of beginning and ending a sentence with the address of ma'am.
make out with
See make out, with.
make with
To give, to bring, to produce, to show.
man shall not live by bread alone
People need more than food and shelter to live a fulfilling life.
marinate on
To consider thoroughly; to ponder for a while.
mash up
To mash; to crush (usually food) into a smooth substance.
meat and two veg
The male genitals.
meat hook
One's hands or arms.
meat in the room
A person or group that functions as warm bodies, especially those who serve no useful purpose.
meat injection
Synonym of hot beef injection (“penetrative sexual intercourse”).
meat safe
The stomach.
Mickey D
McDonald's, a chain of fast-food restaurants.
microwave up
To cook (something) by microwaving.
midnight munchies
A sudden, often intense hunger or craving for a snack late at night.
mop up
To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
more plates, more dates
A well-developed physique is more attractive.
mountain oyster
Hog testicles prepared as food.
munched out
Extremely hungry.
nest together
To fit together snugly; to be part of a compact unit.
nice as ninepence
Perfectly all right; fine.
night food
The vagina (in regards to performing cunnilingus)
no mill, no meal
If one does not work, one shall not eat.
noodle up
To come up with (something); to brainstorm (an idea).
nosh off
To eat (something).
oink out
To eat greedily; to pig out.
om nom nom
The sound made while relishing food.
on and popping
Lively and full of action or excitement.
on the sauce
Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
one-arm lunchroom
A diner serving snacks and simple meals.
one-arm restaurant
Synonym of one-arm lunchroom.
order in
To call and place an order for food to be delivered.
order out
To call a place of service and order food, or other goods, delivered to one's own location.
packed like sardines
Densely packed; tightly squeezed together; crammed.
pep up
To refresh, enliven, or restore.
pepper up
To increase in energy; to excite (someone).
pickle up
To pickle (something); to produce a pickled item.