chopping, lusty
A chopping boy or girl; a lusty child.
Food & eating · Ăn uống 494
From street food to feasts — how Vietnamese and English talk about eating.
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cook someone's goose
to ruin someone's plans or chances
cooking with gas
performing well or successfully
corn in egypt
A popular expression which means a plentiful supply of materials for a dinner, &c., or a good supply of money. Its origin is of course Biblical.
cup and saucer
a perfectly matched pair
cupboard love
Pretended love to the cook, or any other person, for the sake of a meal. My guts cry cupboard; i.e. I am hungry
dine and dash
Leave a restaurant without paying the bill
disco rice
Maggots.
dish up
To serve (cooked food); to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc. and put in dishes to be served at table.
dished up
He is completely dished up; he is totally ruined. To throw a thing in one's dish; to reproach or twit one with any particular matter.
duke humphrey
To dine with Duke Humphrey; to fast. In old St. Paul's church was an aisle called Duke Humphrey's walk (from a tomb vulgarly called his, but in reality belonging to John of Gaunt), and persons who walked there, while others were at dinner, were said to dine with Duke Humphrey.
easy as pie
Very easy.
eat away
to erode or corrode something gradually
eat away at
To erode.
eat for two
to eat more food than usual
eat it
to accept or tolerate something unpleasant
eat one's feelings
To cope with emotions by eating
eat one's own
To suffer the consequences of one's own actions
eat someone's lunch
to outdo or surpass someone
eat the onion
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
eat up with a spoon
To completely devour or enjoy something enthusiastically
eat, breathe, and sleep
To be completely obsessed with something
eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
Life is short, so you should enjoy it while you can.
eating ass
Anilingus.
faster than Minute Rice
Very fast.
feeding frenzy
A situation where a group eagerly and intensely competes for something
fire shovel
He or she when young, was fed with a fire shovel; a saying of persons with wide mouths.
fish and chips
a traditional British dish of fried fish and potatoes
fish to fry
have other more important things to deal with
flavor of the week
Something popular for a short time
flesh and blood
Human beings, especially in reference to their weaknesses or emotions
flying mess
"to be in FLYING MESS" is a soldier’s phrase for being hungry and having to mess where he can.
food and drink
Things people eat and beverages
food baby
a swollen stomach after eating a large meal
food noise
unpleasant sounds made while eating
fruits and vegetables
Edible plant products
full as a goog
Having eaten too much.
good and plenty
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
good eating deserves good drinking
Fine food should be accompanied by fine drink
good enough to eat
Attractive or appealing, often used to describe someone or something charming
gulp up
To vomit.
gut feeling
Intuitive sense or instinct about something
gutting a quart pot
Taking out the lining of it: i. e. drinking it off. Gutting an oyster; eating it. Gutting a house; clearing it of its furniture. See POULTERER.
hand and pocket shop
An eating house, where ready money is paid for what is called for.
hand in one's dinner pail
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hasty pudding
Oatmeal and milk boiled to a moderate thickness, and eaten with sugar and butter. Figuratively, a wet, muddy road: as, The way through Wandsworth is quite a hasty pudding. To eat hot hasty pudding for a laced hat, or some other prize, is a common feat at wakes and fairs.
have a bite
To try or experience something
have other fish to fry
Have more important things to do
have someone on toast
To have a great advantage over someone
hearty choak
He will have a hearty choak and caper sauce for breakfast; i.e. he will be hanged.
herbs and spices
A mixture of plant-based seasonings
high eating
To eat skylarks in a garret.
hot pot
Ale and brandy made hot.
humble pie
to apologize or admit fault, often in a humiliating way
hunger and thirst
Strong desire or craving
hunger sauce
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hungry as a hog
Very hungry
kettle of fish
A complicated or awkward situation
kitchen physic
Food, good meat roasted or boiled. A little kitchen physic will set him up; he has more need of a cook than a doctor.
let rip
To fart.