an apple a day »
Healthy eating and living using traditional temperate-zone fresh foods.
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beat up »
To give a severe beating to.
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beat up »
To get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game.
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blimp out »
To become fat or fatter, especially as a result of excessive eating.
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break a sweat »
To start sweating.
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cheaters never prosper »
One does not gain from cheating.
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cook up »
To prepare a heroin dose by heating.
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dig in »
To begin eating.
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dish out »
On to a dish ready for eating.
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fair game »
A game that is fair, that does not involve cheating etc.
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feed a cold, starve a fever »
Eating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.
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fight off »
To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.
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get it »
To "get what's coming to him/her"; to feel one's wrath; to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating.
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go Dutch »
To pay for one's own food and bills, or split the cost, when eating at a restaurant or going out for entertainment.
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gunshy »
Fearing the consequences of repeating an act, especially after being reprimanded.
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half-baked »
Partially cooked by heating in an oven.
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lick one's chops »
To look forward avidly to eating something.
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nightcap »
A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas. Nightcaps were common in northern Europe before central heating was available, when homes were cold at night.
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oil burner »
A heating device which burns fuel oil; an oil furnace.
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on a full stomach »
Directly after eating, after a meal.
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on spec »
Short form of "on speculation": Creating a work with the hope of selling it, as opposed to creating a work "on commission" for hire.
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out to lunch »
Away eating lunch or for a midday break; especially, away from work or a job.
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raise the bar »
To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard.
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shit-eating grin »
A broad smile indicating self-awareness that may suggest self-satisfaction, smugness, discomfort, or embarrassment.
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stuffed like a turkey »
Engorged from overeating.
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take a licking »
To suffer a defeat or a beating.
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the proof is in the pudding »
Alternative form of the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
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the proof of the pudding is in the eating »
The only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for.
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venus flytrap »
insect-eating plant
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wash down »
To help to swallow by drinking a liquid, after eating something, or taking a pill.
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wash up »
To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
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what's eating somebody »
? Inquired of somebody who is upset, worried, angry, etc.
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what's eating you »
What is annoying or bothering you?.
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whistle walk »
The path slaves took to deliver food from the kitchen building of a plantation to the main dining room. Slaves were expected to whistle during this walk in order to assure their masters that they were not eating the food.
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window dressing »
A means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only.
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