One of the most important combinations between language and food are the idioms, because by means of food we transmit some realities and ideas about life, so I was looking for the most relevant idioms and now I’ll try to explain you some of them, in order to be prepared to understand their real meaning and to avoid big confusions.
-butter up
Meaning: flatter someone to try to get their favour or friendship;
-carrot and stick
Meaning: promising to reward or punish someone at the same time;
-couch and potato:
MEANING: a very lazy person;
-eat one’s cake and have it too
MEANING: use or spend something and still keep it;
-finger in the pie
MEANING: participate in something that is happening;
-hard nut to crack
MEANING: something or someone difficult to understand or do;
-have egg on one’s face
MEANING: be embarrassed;
-in a nutshell
MEANING: briefly, in a few words;
-spill the beans
MEANING: tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know about it;
-take with a grain of salt
MEANING: accept or believe only part of something;
-polish the apple
MEANING: flatter someone;
-out to lunch
MEANING: crazy, mad.
I like this post ! and I have learned new expression. very good :)
ReplyDeletethanks laura
ReplyDeletevery interesting this post!i like it.i've learned something new :)
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