Food Idioms
black and blue
badly bruised
a night owl
Someone who likes to stay up late at night
easy money
money earned for doing very little work
like an oven
extremely hot
a bird's-eye view
a long-distance view from above
a rip-off
far more expensive than it should be
Put food on the table
provides enough money to pay for the most important things
head in the clouds
were thinking about something else
a gray area
a situation where the rules are unclear
chickened out of
was too scared to
crying over spilled milk
getting upset about something that has already happened
take a rain check on
postpone or cancel
caught red-handed
caught doing something wrong
cry wolf
pretend there’s danger or something wrong when there isn’t
go Dutch
share the cost of a meal out equally
eat humble pie
publicly admit to being wrong or having failed
beating around the bush
avoiding a subject by talking about irrelevant things
You have lots of opportunities.
throw money down the drain
wasting money