banyan day »
In modern usage it refers to a picnic or cookout for the ship's crew.
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boil down »
As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.
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caught with one's hand in the cookie jar »
Observed or apprehended while committing a theft, especially while embezzling money.
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cook the books »
To manipulate accounting information, esp. illegally, by a corporation.
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cook up »
To manufacture; to falsify; to devise an elaborate lie.
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cook up »
To prepare a heroin dose by heating.
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cook up »
To prepare a meal.
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cookie-cutter »
A solution to a problem that can be applied in many situations without modification.
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cookie-cutter »
Of or pertaining to cookie cutters.
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cookie-cutter »
Of or pertaining to identical looking things.
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cooking with gas »
Now doing something in an effective way.
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dish up »
To serve cooked food.
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frying pan »
cooking utensil
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full English »
A cooked breakfast consisting of bacon and eggs, and other foods.
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goose is cooked »
All hope is gone; there is no possibility of success.
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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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