half-baked »
Partially cooked by heating in an oven.
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hot mess »
A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; or, service of such a heated meal to soldiers.
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longpig »
Human flesh when cooked in cannabalistic rituals in certain Pacific Islands, due to the allegeded similarity to cooked pork.
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meals on wheels »
Food delivered to the homes of those unable to cook for themselves.
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now you're cooking »
A phrase, often given in response, meaning that the subject has switched to a more suitable or more efficient approach.
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pope's nose »
The tail end piece of a cooked chicken.
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proverbs run in pairs »
Every proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.
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put on »
To cook or warm.
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sharp cookie »
One who is intelligent, bright, or sharp; especially, one who can identify attempts to deceive or mislead.
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that's the way the cookie crumbles »
That is the way things happen; that's life.
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the way to a man's heart is through his stomach »
Cooking for a man is a good way to win his affections.
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too many cooks spoil the broth »
If too many people try to take charge at a task, the end product might be ruined.
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tough cookie »
A person who can endure physical or mental hardship; a hardened, strong-willed person.
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what's cooking »
What's happening?; what's going on?; how are you?.
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