Food idioms

Food idioms

Read the desriptions and explanations and choose the correct phrase.

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It's a person who is very selective about what she or he eats.

• a fussy/picky eater

• a moody eater

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It means that someone loves eating sweets very much.

• have a sugar tooth

• have a sweet tooth

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It means that you try something many times before you start to like it.

• to acquire a taste for sth

• to have a good taste

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It means that someone is very hungry.

• be as hungry as a horse

• be as hungry as a bear

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It means that someone eats very little.

• eat like a bird

• eat like an ant

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It means that someone eats a lot.

• eat like a horse

• eat like a pig

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To make someone feel ill.

• turn sb's stomach

• turn sb's liver

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It's used for saying that someone has taken more food than they can eat.

• sb's eyes are bigger than their stomach

• sb's eyes are bigger than their legs

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Nie jadłem/am dziś śniadania. Jestem głodny/na jak wilk!

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Moja siostra stara się schudnąć więc je jak ptaszek.

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Tłuste jedzenie przyprawia mnie o mdłości.

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Kiedyś nie lubiłem/am buraków ale parę lat temu rozsmakowałem/am się w jedzeniu tego warzywa. (użyj: used to)

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Do you have a sweet tooth? What is your favourite sweet snack?

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Have you ever been as hungry as a bear? Why?

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Has any food ever turned your stomach? Why?

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Do you know somebody who is a picky eater? Are you a fussy eater yourself?

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Have you recently acquired a taste for any kind of food?

Poll

Czy zwrot turn sb's stomach oznacza przyprawiać kogoś o mdłosci?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Eat like a horse oznacza jeść za dwóch czy jeść bardzo mało?

• jeść za dwóch

• jeść bardzo mało

Poll

Czy zwrot have a sweet tooth oznacza lubić słodycze?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Czy fussy eater to osoba, ktora chętnie zje cokolwiek jej podamy lub zaproponujemy do jedzenia?

• Yes

• No

Look! Now you know all these new words! Let's check!

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być głodnym jak wilk

• be as hungry as a bear

• be as hungry as an elephant

• be as hungry as a lion

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be a fussy eater

• być łakomym

• być wybrednym przy jedzeniu

• być ciągle głodnym

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turn sb's stomach

• mieć zapalenie wyrostka robaczkowego

• dostać skrętu kiszek

• przyprawiać o mdłości

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być zachłannym

• sb's eyes are bigger than sb's head

• sb's eyes are bigger than sb's stomach

• sb's eyes are bigger than sb's legs

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jeść jak ptaszek

• eat like a sparrow

• eat like a stork

• eat like a bird

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