15 - I can talk about eating

• a bite (to eat) = a small meal
• be full (up) = have had enough to eat
• pick at sth = eat only small amounts of food because you are not hungry
• make your mouth water = food looks or smells so good you want to eat it immediately
• leftovers = food remaining from a meal after you have already eaten
• polish sth off = finish sth, especially food, very quickly
• by word of mouth = through people telling each other and not through newspapers, advertisements, etc.
• settle up (with sb) pay what you owe on a bill or an account
• burn sth to a crisp/cinder = cook sth for too long or with too much heat, so that it burns
• the best/greatest thing since sliced bread = sth you think is excellent
• have sb eating out of your hand = make sb like you so much they agree to everything you say
• have an egg on your face = be embarrassed because sth you tried to do went wrong
• out of the frying pan, (and) into the fire = used to say that sb who was in a bad situation is now in an even worse situation
• couch potato = a person who spends too much time watching TV
• bite off more than you can chew = try to do too much or do sth that is too difficult
• butter wouldn't melt (in sb's mouth) used to say sb looks innocent, kind, etc. but really they are not
• have a finger in every pie = be involved and influential in a lot of different activities
• cry over spilt milk = waste time worrying about sth that has already happend and that cannot be changed
• full of beans = having a lot of energy