52 INTERESTING IDIOMS ABOUT FOOD

1. An egghead- A very studious and intelligent person.
2. A big cheese –an important and influential person.
3. A couch potato- A very lazy person who watch too much TV.
4. A tough cookie- A very determined person who is difficult to deal with.
5. A top banana- A leader, boss or head of a project.
6. A bad apple- A troublemaker or criminal.
7. To have a sour grape- To pretend to dislike something that you can’t have.
8. About as useful a chocolate teapot- Not practically useful.
9. To be above the salt- To have a high position.
10. To be alike as two pea- To be identical.
11. Not to do or do something for all the tea in China - Not to do something no matter how much money they are offered.
12. To put all your eggs in one basket- To risk everything at once instead of trying to spread the risk.
13. Apple of one’s eye- Someone or something very special to you.
14. To be in apple pie order-To be in perfect order and tidy.
15. To be apples and oranges- To be totally different.
16. An apple for apple- Something related or similar things.
17. To be cool as cucumber- Not to get worried by anything.
18. Back to the salt mines- To return unwillingly to work.
19. A banana republic- A small country or counties governed by corrupt elite and depends on a single crop.
20. A comfort food -  A food that makes one feel better, mostly because it reminds you of your childhood
21. To bike off more than you can chew – To take on something that is too much for you to handle
22. Sell your birthright for a mess of pottage– To lose something much more important to you in exchange of money
23. To separate the wheat from the chaff – To choose or select more valuable or useful things and reject the worthless
24. A sharp cookie – Someone who is not easily deceived or fooled
25. To sing for your supper - To work in order to get the money or reward you want
26. A small potatoes – Someone or something unimportant
27. To become sour grapes – To say something negative because you are jealous
28. To have a spice of life – To make life worth living
29. To have a square meal – To a substantial or filing  meal
30. To stew in your own juices – To be worried about consequences of what you have done wrong
31. To be  sure as eggs is eggs– To be absolutely certain
32. To be sweet as gumdrop – To be nice and pretty
33. To take the cake – To be the best and take the honours
34. To be tall drink of water – To be very tall and slender
35. Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs– Don’t teach an expert in a field or an experienced person
36. That is the way the cookies crumble – That is, things don’t always turn the way we want
37. Apples don’t fall far from the trees – Children grow up to be like their parents
38. There is no such thing as a free lunch – There is nothing that comes for free
39. Too many crooks spoil the broth – If too many people are trying to do something, they mess it up
40. To be hard nut to crack – To be difficult to solve or get
41. To upset the apple cart – To cause trouble and upset people
42. An upper crust – People of higher classes and establishments
43. To wake up and smell the coffee – To be current and pay attention to what’s going on around you
44. To walk on eggshells with someone – To be very careful with them because they get angry or offended very easily
45. What’s cooking? – To ask what’s happening
46. A white-bread – An ordinary thing that is safe and boring
47. Who has eaten of the pot knows the taste of the broth– It means experience is the best teacher
48. To worth your salt – To deserve respect
49. Something that wouldn’t pull the skin off a rice budding– Something powerless or not dangerous
50. You are what you eat – That is, a good diet is a key to sound health
51. You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs – You will often make some loses or have some losers in the process of making progress
52. You are toast – That is, you are in a lot of troubles