Idiom - Eating

Question 1

Eat like a horse

Question 2

Make one’s mouth water

Answer 2

Làm ai thèm chảy nước dãi

⇒ Rất ngon, hấp dẫn

The smell of oven-fresh baked pizza made my mouth water.

Question 3

Spoil one’s appetite

Answer 3

Làm ai đó ăn mất ngon, chán ăn.

Looking at the gruesome video of the chickens being slaughtered at KFC made me lose my appetite.

Question 4

Have one’s cake and eat it (too)

Answer 4

Vừa có bánh vừa muốn ăn nữa

⇒ Muốn hưởng lợi từ hai phía

(Được voi đòi tiên)

You can’t have your cake and eat it – if you want more local services, you can’t expect to pay less tax.

Question 5

Put all one’s eggs in one basket

Answer 5

Bỏ tất cả trứng vào 1 rổ

⇒ Đặt hết nguồn lực vào 1 nơi

I’m applying for several jobs because I don’t really want to put all my eggs in one basket.

Question 6

apple of one’s eye

Answer 6

một người được yêu mến bởi một người nào đó

Baby Jessica is the apple of her father’s eye

Question 7

(have a) bun in the oven

Answer 7

mang thai

I don’t think Jan will come to the bar because she has a bun in the oven.

Question 8

bad egg

Answer 8

một người thường xuyên gặp rắc rối

I don’t want my little brother hanging around with the bad eggs on the street.

Question 9

big cheese

Answer 9

người rất quan trọng (VIP)

I thought I was just going to interview the secretary, but they let me talk to the big cheese himself.

Question 10

bread and butter

Answer 10

nhu cầu thiết yếu, điều chính

Just explain the bread and butter of your report. You don’t have to go into details.

Question 11

bring home the bacon

Answer 11

kiếm thu nhập

My husband has had to bring home the bacon ever since I broke my leg.

Question 12

butter someone up

Answer 12

rất tử tế hoặc thân thiện với ai đó hoặc cố gắng làm hài lòng ai đó, để người đó sẽ làm những gì bạn muốn họ làm

We’ll have to butter Angie up before we tell her the news about the broken vase.

Question 13

(have one’s) cake and eat it too

Answer 13

Được Voi Đòi Tiên

Rick wants to have his cake and eat it too. He wants to be single but he doesn’t want me to date anyone else.

Question 14

carrot top

Answer 14

người có mái tóc đỏ hoặc cam

Simon is the first carrot top I’ve ever gone out with.

Question 15

cheesy

Answer 15

điên

I love reading cheesy romance novels because I don’t have to think.

Question 16

cool as a cucumber

Answer 16

Rất thoải mái

I thought I was afraid of flying, but I was cool as a cucumber all the way to England.

Question 17

cream of the crop

Answer 17

tốt nhất

We hired the cream of the crop to entertain us at the Christmas party.

Question 18

(don’t) cry over spilled milk

Answer 18

cứ mãi buồn bã, tiếc nuối vì chuyện đã rồ

The mirror is broken and we can’t fix it. There’s no need to cry over spilled milk.

Question 19

cup of joe

Answer 19

tách cà phê

Let’s stop for a cup of joe before we head to work.

Question 20

(not my) cup of tea

Answer 20

một cái gì đó bạn thích (thường được sử dụng trong câu phủ định)

Opera isn’t exactly my cup of tea.

Question 21

egg someone on

Answer 21

thúc giục ai đó làm điều gì đó

The gang tried to egg us on but we didn’t want to fight

Question 22

freeze one’s buns off

Answer 22

rất lạnh

I froze my buns off at the ice rink.

I froze my buns off at the ice rink.

Question 23

full of beans

Answer 23

đầy năng lực, hăng hái, sôi nổi

The kids were full of beans after the circus.

Question 24

gravy train

Answer 24

kiếm bội nhờ tài lẻ, hay bỏ một vốn bốn lời, thả con săn sắt bắt con cá rô

The unionized grocers have been enjoying the gravy train for twenty years.

Question 25

(have something) handed to someone on a silver platter

Answer 25

được nhận hoặc được trao cho điều gì đó mà không cần bỏ ra bất cứ sự nỗ lực nào

The professor’s daughter had her college diploma handed to her on a silver platter

Question 26

hard nut to crack

Answer 26

khó hiểu (thường là một người)

Angelo is a hard nut to crack when something is bothering him like this.

Question 27

hot potato

Answer 27

một chủ đề gây tranh cãi và khó khăn để giải quyết

một chủ đề gây tranh cãi và khó khăn để giải quyết

Question 28

in a nutshell

Answer 28

đơn giản

In a nutshell, I’m having a bad day.

Question 29

nuts about something, someone

Answer 29

thích rất nhiều

I’m nuts about classical music these days.

Question 30

out to lunch

Answer 30

điên hay khùng

Harry has been out to lunch ever since he lost his job.

Question 31

one smart cookie

Answer 31

một người rất thông minh

Your daughter is one smart cookie. She reads much higher than her grade level.

Question 32

peach fuzz

Answer 32

số lượng tóc mọc ít

Except for a bit of peach fuzz, the baby came out bald.

Question 33

piece of cake

Answer 33

rất dễ

The exam was a piece of cake.

Question 34

put all of one’s eggs in one basket

Answer 34

Được ăn cả, ngã về không

Even though I’m majoring in Art, I’m taking a maths course because my Dad says I shouldn’t put all of my eggs in one basket

Question 35

souped up

Answer 35

mạnh mẽ hơn hoặc phong cách hơn

The car was souped up with shiny rims and a loud stereo.

Question 36

sell like hot cakes

Answer 36

được nhiều người mua

The new Harry Potter books sold like hot cakes.

Question 37

spice things up

Answer 37

làm một cái gì đó thú vị hơn

I wanted to spice things up in the office, so I bought some red and gold paint.

Question 38

spill the beans

Answer 38

tiết lộ sự thật

On Monday, I’m going to spill the beans about my travel plans.

Question 39

take something with a pinch (grain) of salt

Answer 39

không coi cái gì đó chính xác 100% (thận trọng ngờ vực việc gì khi nghe, xem xét hay chấp nhận nó)

Take Mandy’s advice with a pinch of salt. She doesn’t always do her research.

Question 40

use your noodle

Answer 40

(informal) suy nghĩ, dùng đầu óc

You’re going to have to really use your noodle on this crossword puzzle. It’s an extra difficult one.