介绍:
Idioms based on food and cooking
1.eat humble pie
Meaning: If you eat humble pie, you admit that you are in the wrong and behave apologetically.
2.eat your words
Meaning: If you eat your words, you admit that something you said was wrong.
3.go down a treat
Meaning: If something goes down a treat, it&`&s a great success and everyone enjoys it.
4.grease someone&`&s palm
Meaning: If you grease someone&`&s palm, you pay them a bribe.
5.half-baked
Meaning: If something is half-baked, it hasn&`&t been properly thought out or planned.
6.hard to swallow
Meaning: Something that someone has said is hard to swallow if it&`&s difficult to believe.
7.in a nutshell
Meaning: You can say "in a nutshell" if you&`&re about to describe something as briefly as possible, or you&`&re going to sum something up.
8.junk food
Meaning: Food that is bad for us because it contains large amounts of harmful substances like artificial colouring, preservatives, salt, refined sugar, and so on.
9.not your cup of tea
Meaning: If something is not your cup of tea, it&`&s not what you like or what you&`&re interested in.
10.on the back burner
Meaning: If a plan or a project is on the back burner, it isn&`&t being worked on at present, but it might be completed in the future.
