- To be full up: to eat to the point that you can no longer eat any more
- To be starving hungry: an exaggerated way of saying you are very hungry
- To be dying of hunger: an exaggerated way of saying you are hungry
- To eat like a horse: to eat a lot
- To have a sweet tooth: to enjoy sugary food
- To tuck into: to eat something with pleasure
- Eat like a bird: eat very little
- Wolf food down: eat very quickly
- Pick at: she had no appetite and picked at her salad.
- À la carte: on the menu, with each dish separately priced
English - Advanced. This blog is aimed at advanced students and is intended to be an alternative source of information (other than the textbook and the photocopies provided by myself). This blog offers some extra material for further practice. It also contains some of the video-activities and podcasts that have been used in our lessons.
8 May 2017
Eating idioms
Idioms and phrases related to eating: