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I don’t mean to egg you on (yes I do), but what are some adages, idioms or expressions that use names of foods as verbs?




(Please don’t chicken out of responding, or I’ll cream you.)


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Posted - June 14, 2020
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  • 1886
    Now I walk away with egg on my face because you were egging me on.
    Egg on. Slang To urge someone to do something, often something mischievous. to encourage, urge, or dare someone to continue doing something, usually something unwise. Incite, urge ahead, provoke, as in Jack is always egging me on to drive faster, or Seemingly quiet, Margo actually eggs on Donald to quarrel with his staff.
    Egg on my face. Slang To be embarrassed or chagrined at something one has done or the way one did it; to do something ineptly. The expression originated in the United States some 25 years ago, probably from the fact that someone eating an egg sloppily is likely to wind up with some of it on his face and therefore not looking his best. This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at June 14, 2020 1:55 PM MDT
      June 14, 2020 11:56 AM MDT
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  • 44223
    I'm going to beef-up my bank account.
    I am fishing for compliments.
    DUCK!
      June 14, 2020 1:51 PM MDT
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  • 22900


    Milk it for all it's worth.

    Butter him up and he'll help you.

    He got creamed.
      June 14, 2020 1:59 PM MDT
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  • 44223
    Hmmm...those last two. LOL
      June 14, 2020 2:02 PM MDT
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  • 22900
    Ha!
    :)

    Yeah, at the time I posted my answer I don't think I was thinking along the lines of which I'm thinking you're thinking but I think you might be right about my thinking.
    ;)

    Ha!
    :)
      June 14, 2020 3:36 PM MDT
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  • 44223
    Ya think?
      June 14, 2020 4:38 PM MDT
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  • 22900
    I think, so, yeah. 

      June 14, 2020 6:49 PM MDT
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  • 1886
    Welby my most respected man! Be patient because soon we go groovy again! All about sexy actor movies. Actresses too. This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at June 14, 2020 4:49 PM MDT
      June 14, 2020 2:03 PM MDT
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  • 22900
    [Crazy busy weekend a bit for me -- I saw your posts somewhere (can't remember where now) about the movie 'Williard" -- I've seen and really like both the original and the remake (starring Crispin Glover). In some ways, I prefer the remake with Glover - - his performance is amazing to me. And my liking the remake goes against my disagreement with a planned remake of the movie "Memento;" (I posted a question about the planned "memento" remake.) ]

    Sexy actresses? Ick. Ha! :) Just kidding.





      June 14, 2020 3:17 PM MDT
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  • 1886
    I think got "creamed" is an expression that began in the late 60's when people tried to sound fancy. This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at June 14, 2020 4:50 PM MDT
      June 14, 2020 2:06 PM MDT
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  • 1886

    cream-crackered


    Also found in: Idioms.

    cream-crackered

    adj
    slang Brit exhausted
    [C20: rhyming slang for knackered]

    Hahahahahahuh?
    This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at June 14, 2020 5:20 PM MDT
      June 14, 2020 2:14 PM MDT
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  • 52932

    Adjective, not verb. 


    Disqualified. 

      June 14, 2020 5:21 PM MDT
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  • 32645
    Milking it for attention
    Cheesing (Big smile)
    Noodling (catching fish by hand)
      June 14, 2020 2:00 PM MDT
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  • 13257
    Fish for change (in your pocket).

    Milk the cow or goat.

    Chicken out.

    "Cheese it, the cops!"
      June 14, 2020 2:15 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Mutton dressed up as lamb...
    Whats your beef with me...:( 
    I'm in a bit of a Stew at the moment...
    He' a bit of a Lemon...
    You need to use your Swede a bit more...Ie Trump and his brain...:( 
    He's had his Bacon ... ie ...he's dead...

      June 14, 2020 4:50 PM MDT
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  • 52932

    You do realise, don’t you, that not one of those is an example of the verb form, right?


    Disqualified.

      June 14, 2020 5:19 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    No I don't and that's as maybe....but at least I'm trying to help you get your home work finished again...:( 
    not that I expect to get any thanks for elping  yew again......:( 
      June 14, 2020 8:03 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    He's A bad apple or a rotten egg...
      June 14, 2020 4:50 PM MDT
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  • 52932

    Nouns, not verbs. 


    Disqualified. 

      June 14, 2020 5:23 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    A couch potato...
      June 14, 2020 4:52 PM MDT
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  • 52932

    Noun, not verb. 


    Disqualified. 

      June 14, 2020 5:28 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    You're a hard Nut to crack..

      June 14, 2020 4:53 PM MDT
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  • 52932

    Noun, not verb. 


    Disqualified.

      June 14, 2020 5:29 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    This one is easy and a peice of cake for me to answer...
      June 14, 2020 4:54 PM MDT
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