Eating and drinking

Question 1

to bolt (sth) down

Answer 1

to eat very quickly, generally because you are in a hurry

Question 2

canned/tinned goods

Answer 2

food put into a metal container and sealed to remain fresh

Question 3

I could eat a horse

Answer 3

I’m very hungry, often preceded by I’m starving

Question 4

crockery

Answer 4

the collective noun for plates, cups, mugs etc

Question 5

cutlery

Answer 5

the collective noun for forks, spoons, knives

Question 6

dig in

Answer 6

(informal) start eating

Question 7

to eat sb out of house and home

Answer 7

if sb visits or stays with sb and eat them out of house and home, they eat all the food in the house

Question 8

to be famished/ravenous

Answer 8

starving

Question 9

the larder

Answer 9

the cupboard in the kitchen where the food is kept

Question 10

to be/feel peckish

Answer 10

a little hungry

Question 11

to pick at your food

Answer 11

to eat slowly and with no enthusiasm

Question 12

to spoil your appetite

Answer 12

to eat sth before a meal, so that you are no longer hungry when it’s mealtime

Question 13

to wolf sth down

Answer 13

to eat sth very quickly, often because you are very hungry or in a hurry