Food idioms in English

1. Piece of cake

• Something easy

2. To go bananas

• To become crazy

3. Bring home the bacon

• To earn money

4. Have bigger fish to fry

• Have more important things to do

5. Like two peas in a pod

• Nearly identical, very similar

6. As red as a cherry

• Very red

7. Hard nut to crack

• A difficult problem or a difficult person

8. Cry over spilled milk

• To be unhappy because of a past event that cannot be changed

9. Walk on Eggshells

• To be very careful about how you behave with someone because they are easily upset or made angry, or a situation where you have to be extremely cautious.

10. Take something with a pinch (grain) of salt

• If you take what someone says with a pinch of salt, you do not completely believe it.

11. Food for thought

• Something that makes you think carefully

12. Have egg on your face

• If someone has egg on their face, they are made to look foolish or embarrassed

13. Pie in the sky

• Something that is unrealistic or that cannot be achieved

14. Egg head

• A very studious and academic person

15. Big cheese

• An influential person

16. Couch potato

• A lazy person who watches too much TV

17. Tough cookie

• A very determined person

18. Top banana

• The chief person in a group

19. Bad apple

• A troublemaker

20. Sour grapes

• Pretending to dislike something you cannot have

21. Nutty as a fruitcake

• This is used from harmless silliness to someone who needs professional help

22. Slower than molasses

• Molasses is a syrupy liquid that pours slowly.

23. Cool as a cucumber

• A person who is able to remain calm is “as cool as a cucumber”

24. Bad apple

• The idiom may refer to a bad person, or it can refer to a bad person who affects others.

25. A lot on my plate

• This refers to an over-abundance of food on a dinner plate, and it is used when someone has many responsibilities or scheduled activities.