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Bean-counter. Carrot and stick. A bun in the oven. Hot dog! As slow as molasses. Beefcake. Corny. Oater. Proof is in the pudding.


What are some other everyday expressions or adages that use the names of foods but do not refer to that food?  To increase how interesting this can be, would you please include any of them that you know in other languages* too? Thanks!

*Please provide the English translation of any foreign-language entries, if you would be so kind.
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Posted - August 30, 2018

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  • 1.  You're nuts!
    2.  Nutmegger  (nickname for people born in CT.)
    3.  Apple of my eye.
    4.  Eye candy
    5.  Losing her cabbage.
    6.  That takes the cake!
    7.  Spill the beans.
    8.  She was a wallflower at the party, but a dandelion in the grass.  :)



                     (dandelion soup)
      August 31, 2018 3:59 AM MDT
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  • 16732
    Ginger haired (or just plain ginger) for a bloodnut. Strawberry blonde, same deal, or carrot top.
    Going bananas
    Banana republic
    Bringing home the bacon
    Making lots of dough
    That's the way the cookie crumbles
    Cheesy grin
    Buttered up

      August 31, 2018 4:21 AM MDT
    6

  • 10980
    Mi media naranja. (my half-orange or perfect match)
      August 31, 2018 5:08 AM MDT
    6

  • 53490

      ¡Gracias!

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      August 31, 2018 5:42 AM MDT
    4

  • 19937
    Catching more flies with honey than vinegar
      August 31, 2018 9:29 AM MDT
    5

  • 47
    Cheese Head

    No Grater Love
      August 31, 2018 3:15 PM MDT
    4

  • 53490

      Your entire post is yop-notch, but I actually laughed out loud at the "No Grater Love" part!

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      August 31, 2018 6:21 PM MDT
    2

  • 73
    Gurkentruppe: a troop of cucumbers.
    German insult for "A bunch of losers"
      August 31, 2018 7:09 PM MDT
    3

  • 4624

    It’s as easy as pie. 

    You want to have your cake and eat it too.

    That’s the way the cookie crumbles.

    The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

    There’s no use crying over spilt milk.

     

    works for or is paid peanuts

    to get into or to be in a pickle

    to drop or fall like a sack of potatoes

    to buy or bought a lemon or it turned out to be a lemon

    to put or keep all one’s eggs in one basket

     

    to go bananas

    to be full of beans 

    to spill the beans

    he’s nuts

    he goes nuts 

    to butter someone up

    to be the cream of the crop 

    the apple of his eye

    like peas in a pod. 

    easy as pie

    take it with a grain of salt

      September 1, 2018 1:25 AM MDT
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  • 44583
    He's a real fruitcake.
      September 1, 2018 8:33 AM MDT
    2

  • 22891
    cant think of any right now
      September 7, 2018 1:54 PM MDT
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