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Food Idioms & Vocabulary

Food idioms in English, with meanings and examples: a piece of cake, cheap as chips, the apple of my eye, like the cat that got the cream and more. Plus food slang like a cuppa, and photo vocab for what’s on the table.

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Tudor-style oil portrait of a bearded nobleman in a white ruff, with crumbs in his beard, frowning at the cake he holds on a silver plate, which has a slice missing. Text: You can't have your cake and eat it. Meaning: you can't have both when getting one means losing the other.

You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It

Cartoon of a grinning cat licking cream from a bowl, with the idiom like the cat that got the cream, its meaning and an example sentence

British Culture, Idioms

Idiom – Like the Cat That Got the Cream

that's the way the cookie crumbles

Idiom – That’s The Way The Cookie Crumbles

wake up and smell the coffee idiom

Idiom – Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

in a pickle idiom

Idiom – In A Pickle

cakewalk idiom

Idiom – Cakewalk

Minimal illustration of a stylised eye on a pale blue background, with a shiny red apple in place of the pupil. Text: the apple of my eye. Meaning: someone you love and are very proud of.

The Apple of My Eye

idiom a few sandwiches short of a picnic

Idiom – A Few Sandwiches Short Of A Picnic

idiom pinch of salt

Idiom – Pinch Of Salt

bring home the bacon idiom

Idiom – Bring Home The Bacon

salt of the earth idiom

Idiom – Salt Of The Earth

piece of cake idiom

Idiom – A Piece Of Cake

whet your appetite idiom

Idiom – Whet Your Appetite

cheap as chips idiom

British Culture, Idioms

Idiom – Cheap As Chips

idiom - eat words

Idiom – Eat Your Words

Photo of ripe red cherries on a tree with the example sentence The politician cherry-picked statistics to support his claim, meaning to carefully select only the best or most suitable

Idiom – Cherry-pick

Person overwhelmed by a stack of paperwork and tasks, illustrating the idiom too much on my plate

Idiom – Too Much On My Plate

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