Food Vocabulary

Front

(be) full up

Back

no căng bụng e.g. I’m completely full up after eating the whole cake.

Front

pick at something (v)

Back

gặm nhấm, ăn hương ăn hoa e.g. In order to lose weight, she only picked at dinner.

Front

polish something off (v)

Back

ăn ngấu nghiến cái gì e.g. Having eaten nothing since the morning, I polished off the whole bowl of rice.

Front

acquired taste (n)

Back

một thứ dần dần được thích theo thời gian e.g. Sushi can be considered an acquired taste.

Front

grab a bite to eat (idiom)

Back

ăn nhanh e.g. We decided to grab a bite to eat after nearly 10-hour of starving.

Front

eat like a horse (idiom)

Back

ăn nhiều, ăn khỏe e.g. She looks thin. In fact, she eats like a horse.

Front

eat like a bird (idiom)

Back

ăn cực kì ít e.g. You cannot stay healthy if you continue eating like a bird.

Front

bread and butter (idiom)

Back

công việc chính, dùng để kiếm sống e.g. Teaching has been Mr. Tung’s bread and butter for many years.

Front

egg somebody on (idiom)

Back

xúi giục ai làm gì (theo hướng tiêu cực) e.g. He’s an adult. Nobody can egg him on unless he’s willing to.