Food Idioms
A piece of cake
A task or activity that is easy to complete
Noget der er nemt at gennemføre
Get the green light
To get permission to do something
At få tilladelse til at gøre noget
Bookworm
Someone who reads a lot
En person som læser meget
Raining cats and dogs
Raining very heavily
Det regner meget
Look like a million bucks
To look and feel fantastic
At se fantastisk ud/føle sig fantastisk
A couch potato
A lazy person who watches too much television
En doven person som ser for meget TV
Once in a blue moon
Very rarely
Meget sjældent
As quiet as a mouse
Very quiet
Meget stille
Lightning fast
Extremely fast
Meget hurtig
Bring home the bacon
To earn money, to achieve success
At tjene penge/opnå succes
That is the way the cookie crumbles
That is just how it is
Det er bare sådan det er
To pass with flying colours
To pass something with a high score
At bestå noget med en god karakter eller klare noget meget godt
Eat like a horse
Eat a lot, in large quantities
At spise meget, store portioner
Feeling under the weather
To feel mildly ill or sick
At føle sig en smule sløj/syg
Money does not grow on trees
It is not easy to get money, implies that the person you are addressing spends money too easily
Det er ikke nemt at tjene penge - dvs. personen som det bliver sagt til, har for vane at bruge for mange penge
Have bigger fish to fry
Have more important things to do
At have vigtigere ting at foretage sig
The grass is greener on the other side
People think that they will be happier if things were different
At tro at man bliver lykkeligere hvis tingene var anderledes
Kill two birds with one stone
To solve two problems with one action
At løse to problemer med én gerning
On cloud nine
Very happy
Meget glad
Rome wasn't built in a day
It takes a long time to do something worth doing
Det tager lang tid at gøre noget rigtigt/ordentligt
Two peas in a pod
Nearly identical, very similar
Næsten/meget ens
A golden opportunity
A very good chance to achieve something
En god mulighed for at opnå noget
Let the cat out of the bag
A secret that was supposed to be kept quiet that was told
At afløse en hemmelighed
Head in the clouds
Have unrealistic or impractical ideas
At have urealistiske eller upraktiske ideer
Put your money where your mouth is
To do something rather than just to talk about it
At gøre noget ved en situation i stedet for kun at tale om det