A
to be ______ on top of the cake
(to be an additional benefit in an already satisfactory scenario)
ICING
a ________ and butter issue
(a basic issue which is of importance to many people)
BREAD
________ de la creme
(something quite superlative)
Crème
If you can‘t stand the heat, get out of the _____
(if you can’t cope, leave the work to someone who can)
KITCHEN
Too many cooks spoil the ______
(if too many people are involved in a task or activity, it may actually turn out worse)
BROTH
To turn up the _____
(intensify pressure or criticism on somebody/something)
HEAT
Half-____ ideas
(ideas that haven’t been thought through properly)
BAKED
To jump out of the frying ___ into the fire
(go from a bad situation to an even worse one)
PAN
To _____ down
(become calm)
SIMMER
A watched _____ never boils
(time feels longer when you’re waiting for something to happen)
POT
On a ______
(with little or no effort from the person concerned)
PLATE
Cut and _____
(a situation, issue or idea that’s completely settled or decided)
DRIED
(the distinction was originally made between the ‘cut and dried’ herbs from herbalists’ shops and living herbs)
To _____ over
(when someone can’t control their anger and starts to argue or fight )
BOIL
to make _____meat of something
(to devastate something)
MINCE
It (all) ____ down to
(reducing a problem to its basic elements)
BOILS
(based on the fact that a boiling liquid reduces in volume and becomes more concentrated as it evaporates)
Flash in the _____
(something which disappoints by failing to deliver anything of value, despite a showy beginning)
PAN
To cook the ________
(falsify a company’s financial accounts)
BOOKS
On a ______-edge
(in a tense situation, especially one that’s finely balanced between success and failure)
KNIFE
To cook someone’s _______
(ruin someone’s plans or cause someone’s downfall)
GOOSE
(a goose used to be cherished and fattened up for a special occasion, so cooking and eating it prematurely would spoil the planned feast)
Watch the ________ - not the hole
(look for the positive aspects)
DOUGHNUT
To _____ favour
(attempt to ingratiate oneself with someone through flattery)
CURRY
To ____ someone
(question someone without letting up)
GRILL
hard-_________
(toughened by experience)
BOILED
a land of milk and ______
(a country in which everything is in abundant supply)
HONEY
not to be worth one's_______
(not to be worth one’s pay)
SALT
(refers to Roman soldiers being paid in salt—
a practice giving rise to the modern
word "salary")