有关食物的一些英语成语

all one's eggs in one basket

Definition

the state of having invested heavily in just one area or of having devoted all of one's resources to one thing.

Example(s)

The stock market decline wouldn't have hurt him so badly if he hadn't had all his eggs in one basket

apple of someone's eye

Definition

This phrase is used to describe someone or something that you love the most.

Example(s)

His son is the apple of his eye.He told us that his wife is the apple of his eye.You’re the apple of my eye.

bad egg

Definition

bad person

Example(s)

Just ignore him. He's a bad egg.

bring home the bacon

Definition

If you bring home the bacon, you work hard to earn money to satisfy your basic needs and those of your family.

Example(s)

When her husband got fired, she decided to look for a job because someone's got to bring home the bacon.He works hard to bring home the bacon for his family.

carrot and stick

Definition

If you use the carrot and stick technique to persuade people to do something, you combine both rewards if they do it and punishment if they do not.

Example(s)

The president took a carrot and stick approach to the protests against his new laws.The government intends to use a carrot and stick method to force both parties to negotiate.

Food for thought

Definition

If you give someone food for thought, you provide them with information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation.

Example(s)

The ideas developed in this book have certainly given me food for thought.His suggestion gave us food for thought.Their proposal for becoming our partners is food for thought.

Hot potato

Definition

An awkward or delicate problem with which nobody wants to be associated.

Example(s)

Gun control in the United States has always been a hot potato for politicians.

life is like a box of chocolates

Definition

The phrase 'life is like a box of chocolates' means that life is unpredictable and that it is full of surprises; you never know what will happen next.

Example(s)

He got seriously ill, but hey, life is like a box of chocolates.