Collocation in Food

 

COLLOCATIONS  IN FOOD

 A -

a piece of cake a lemon apple of one’s eye a butterfingers a tough cookie a bad egg a bun in the oven a hot patato apple-pie-order about as useful as a chocolate teapot alike as two peas all the tea in China all your eggs in one basket as cool as a cucumber as much use as a chocolate c hocolate fire-guard as much as a chocolate teapot a couch patato a red herring an apple a day keeps the doctor away asquire a taste for as black as a skillet as busy as popcorn on a skillet as easy as apple pie as easy as duck soup as flat as a pancake as hungry as a bear

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as nutty as a fruitcake as red as a cherry as slow as molasses in January as sour as vinegar as thick as pea soup as worm as toast at one sitting as sweet as honey/sugar addicted to chocolate a deal of slice a slice of banana bread a piece of meat another bite at the cherry as keen as mustard a pretty or fine kettle of fish acquire a taste for something at one sitting

B -back to the salt mines -big cheese -bread and butter -bring home the bacon -butter up -beef-up -brown rice -be full of beans -brown as berry -butter wouldn’t melt in your mouth -brownie points -being the salt of the earth -be as nice as pie -beef about something -beef something up -be your bread and butter -be like chalk and cheese -be like peas in a pod -banana republic -banana skin -bear fruit -best thing since slide bread

-big apple -breadwinner -bun in the oven -baloney -bad/rotten apple -best bob and tucker -best enchilada -binge and purge -bite off more than one can chew -bite the hand that feeds one -bitter pill to swallow -born with a silver spoon in one's mouth -Bottoms up -bread and water -bring!something" to a crisp -beefcake

C  -cream someone -carrot and stick  -chew the fat -coffee break  -cream of the crop -cry over spilt milk  -cup of tea -cut the mustard -cream of something -carrot top -cheesy -cup of #oe -!not my"cup of tea -cheesecake -cake’s not worth the candle -can’t do it for toffee -cheap as chips -cherry pick  -chew the cud -cook up a storm -crack a nut with a sledgehammer -cream rises to the top -creme de la creme

-curate’s egg -curry favour -cheese!someone" of  -chesed off  -chips and dip -clear the table -come and get the dinner -compare apples and oranges -cook !someone's" goose -cook !something" to perfection -cook !something" up -cream puff  -!not one's" cup of tea -cooking habits -convenience food -canned fish -cut down on salty snacks -

 D -different kettle of fish -dine on ashes -dine out -done to a $/turn -down the hatch -drop !someone/something" like a hot potato -duck soup -digest food -deal of salt -do the cooking -dride beans -

E  -

eat crow eat dirt eat humble pie eat one%s cake and have it too eat one%s words egg on egg someone on eat someone out of house and home eat into your savings eating for two eating your heart out easy as pie easy peasy eat someone alive egg on your face &ye Candy eat and run eat high on/off the hog eat like a bird eat like a horse eat out eat out of !someone's" hands

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eat !someone" for breakfast eat !something" up either feast or famine everything from soup to nuts eyes are bigger than one's stomach

F  -fishy - finger in the pie - full of beans - freee one's buns off  -fall of the turnip truck  -fine words butter no parsnips -flat as a pancake -food for thought -forbidden fruit -from soup to nuts - fat is in the fire - feed one's face - fine kettle of fish - for peanuts - fruits of one's labor -fresh fruit -froen food -fruit cakes -

G  - gravy train - got it for peanuts -going bananas -go nuts -go like hot cakes -go pear-shaped -glutton for punishement -go fry an egg -go pear-shaped -good egg -grain of salt - get oneself into a stew over !someone or something" - go/turn beet-red - go on a binge - !one's" goose is cooked - grab a bite to eat - grist for the mill -giving up food -go for days without food -growing food -grilled bacon -

H  - half-baked - hard nut to crack  - hit the sauce - hot potato -half-baked idea -have your cake and eat it -have all your eggs in one basket - !have something" handed to someone on a silver platter -have a bun in the oven -have your fingers in every pie -have someone eat out of your hand -how do you like them apples - half a loaf is better than none - have a lot on one's plate - have a pick-me-up - have a sweet tooth - have a taste for !something" - have bigger fish to fry - here's mud in your eye -have a cofee -have lunch -half teaspon of cream -heating the oil

( - in a nutshell - in the soup -icing on the cake - in a pickle -in apple-pie-order -it smeels fishy -( should cocoa -it’s no use crying over the spilt milk  -in a stew about/over !someone or something" - in one's salad days -increasing supplies of food -

 K  -keen as mustard -know which side one’s bread is butter on -know your onions - kill the fatted calf  -

 L - )ike chalk and cheese - )ike two peas in a pod - )augh to see a pudding crawl - )ife is #ust a bowl of cherries - )ike taking candy from a baby - )ose your lunch - )ow-hanging fruit - lay an egg - live high off/on the hog - live off the fat of the land -live on chocolate   -loaf-bread -low-sugar foods -lower-fat milk  -

 M  - make one%s mouth water -make a meal -meat and drink  -meat and potatoes -mutton dressed as lamb - make mincemeat/hamburger out of !someone or something" - make !someone" eat crow - meal ticket - melt in one's mouth - milk of human kindness - milk !someone" for !something" -milk went sour -mi*ing the flour -making sweets -manufactured food -melting margarine -make an omelette without breaking eggs

 N  - nutty as a fruitcake - nuts -nuts about something+someone -not your cup of tea -nest egg -not know beans about - neither fish nor fowl - not for all the tea in China - not know beans about !someone or something" - not worth a hill of beans -non-starchy vegetables -

O - out of the frying pan and into the fire - out to lunch - over-egg the pudding - olive branch - one smart cookie -one bad apple -one man’s meat is another man’s poison -on a diet -one slice of #am -one packet crisps -one pound moarella -on the breadline

 P  -polish the apple - play gooseberry - peach fu - put all of ones eggs in one basket -packed like sardines -pie in the sky -pieces of the same cake -pinch of salt -polishing peanuts -proof of the pudding is in the eating -pull the fat from the fire -put some mustard on it -peanuts -pretty or fine kettle of fish - put on the feed bag - put weight on -preserving food -planing meals -pieces of meat -poached eggs -

Q -quarrel with bread and butter -quarter teaspon of bicarbonate of soda

 R -roll out the barrel -real plum -recipe for disaster -rest is gravy -rice missionary - rotten to the core - rub salt in !someone's" wound -ready food -raw meat

 S  - souped up - salt away - sell like hotcakes - spill the beans - stew in one%s own #uice -salt of the earth -sour-faced -sold like hotcakes -sour grapes - spice things up -small fry/small beer -square meal -salt away -stew in one’s own #uice -salad days -salt in a wound -save someone’s bacon -sell your birthright for a mess of pottage -separate the wheat from the chaff  -sharp cookie - salt !something" away - save !someone's" bacon - sink one's teeth into !something"

- slice of the cake/pie - small potatoes -so clean you can eat off the floor -spoon-feed !someone" -stick to one's ribs -

T  -to go bananas - take !something" with a grain of salt - that takes the biscuit ! - that's the way the cookie crumbles -to have egg on your face -the spice of life -to go pear-shaped -to be cheesed off  -take the biscuit -teach your grandmother to suck eggs -that is the way the cookie crumbles -there’s no such thing as free lunch -thick as mince -too many cooks spoil the broth -tough cookie -tough nut to crack  -two peas in a pod -take the cake -teething problems - top banana - toss a salad - tub of lard - tuck into !something" -

U  - upset the applecart - use your noodle -upper crust -

W  - worth one%s salt - walk on eggshells - what does that have to do with the price of tea in China, - white bread - worth your salt - what's good/sauce for the goose is good/sauce for the gander - whet !someone's" appetite - whole enchilada - wine and dine !someone"

Y  - you can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs -you can’t have cake and the topping too -you can’t have your cake and eat it -you’re toast

„Food”.ed.Sphere,editor Dr Paulette McManus,project  Co-ordinator Elisabeth French  English-Zone.co-Food !dios  English at hoe-Food idios To go pear-shaped