Food idioms by simona strabbioli https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms By Seconda E en-us 2018-03-09 20:26:49 UTC 2025-04-24 07:53:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecookie.png TO GO BANANAS = agitarsi o arrabbiarsi strabbioli2 https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240360331 "The kids went bananas when the show began"]]> 2018-03-09 20:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240360331 LIFE IS A BOWL OF CHERRIES https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240433530 MEANING= Life is beautiful or easi
SIGNIFICATO= La vita e bella o dolce

1"Life here in the Hawaii is a bowl of cherries"
2 " When i watch the sun set i think that life is a bowl of cherries"
Compagnucci Lavinia 
]]> 2018-03-10 11:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240433530 TO BUTTER SOMEONE UP: https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240438668 MEANING:  to be extra nice to someone, usually for selfks reasons.
SIGNIFICATO: essere molto (troppo) "dolci" con qualcuno, solitamente per scopi personali

EX. Carl didn't study the lesson and he butters the teacher up, so that she decides not to query him.
EX.2 Lucy butters her parents up, so that that she can go to Justin Bieber 's concert.

GIORGIA DELL'ATTI

]]> 2018-03-10 11:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240438668 Pie in the sky = qualcosa che speri che accada ma che è improbabile che avvenga https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240441973 Meaning: something that you hope will huppen but is very unlikely to happen 

1.Jack would like to win the Olympics but for me it's just pie in the sky.

Written Matteo Salomone 
]]> 2018-03-10 12:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240441973 To be full of beans = sentirsi energetico, essere pieno di fagioli (by Adamo) https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240582482 Meaning: being full of beans means being very lively and having a lot of energy
Significato: essere pieno di fagioli significa essere molto vivace e avere molta energia

]]> 2018-03-11 15:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240582482 Coffee break=pausa caffe' https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240601881 ( Brugnoli C.)
MEANING: a break from work to eat or drink

TRANSLATION:  una pausa dal lavoro per mangiare o bere

A coffee break is a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.

EX:My parents had a coffee break at 10 a.m.
]]> 2018-03-11 17:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240601881 BIG CHEESE https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240894762 MEANINGS: to be an important person in a company or an organization (vip).

SIGNIFICATO: essere una persona importante in una società o in una organizzazione.

Ex1: After business school he became a big cheese in London.
Ex2: My father is a big cheese in your company.

FAGGIONI]]> 2018-03-12 14:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240894762 EVERYTHING FROM SOUP TO NUTS (C’e Tutto, Dalla Zuppa Alle Noci) By GloriaT. https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240913209 Meaning: There are products of all kiNds from the most simple to the most rare.
Significato: Ci sono prodotti di tutti i tipi dai più semplici ai più rari
Ex1: (in the supermarket) “ in this supermarket we have everything from soap to nuts”
Ex2: (in the market) “ here there’s everything from soup ti nuts”
N.B. This food idiom is used in market or supermarket it’s rare use it in another shops]]> 2018-03-12 15:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/240913209 Piece of cake https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241405510 Meaning: someone who is really friendly or something very easy.
Significato: letteralmente “pezzo di torta” in italiano corrisponde a “un pezzo di pane”, cioè una persona molto buona oppure qualcosa facile da fare.

Ex. Antonio is a very nice boy, he is a piece of cake.

Ex. The Maths test wasn’t difficult, it was a piece a cake.

Lorenzo Cerretti]]> 2018-03-13 14:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241405510 spill the beans= Sputa il rospo! davidzeroquattro https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241468856 MEANING: Till the trueth

TRANSLATION: Dimmi la verità

EX: did yuo steal John's sweatshirt? SPILL THE BEANS! "Sei stato tu a rubare la felpa di John? SPUTA L ROSPO!"
 By David Sitzia

]]> 2018-03-13 16:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241468856 https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241482661 2018-03-13 16:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241482661 Cry over spilled milk - piangere sul latte versato giulia_milone06 https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241486980 Meaning: getting angry for something that happenid and can't be changed

Translation: arrabbiarsi per qualcosa che è successa e che non può essere cambiata

Ex: The mirror is broken and we can't fix it. Don't cry over spilled milk.

Translation: Lo specchio è rotto e noi non possiamo ripararlo. Non piangere sul latte versato.
By Milone G.

P.S.
Translation:
 Don't cry over spilled milk
But on the empty Nutella jar
  
]]> 2018-03-13 16:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241486980 HOT POTATO = problema spinoso ( by Da Soller G. ) https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241489062  MEANING : WHEN WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM

TRANSLATION : UN PROBLEMA SPINOSO

EX. Taxes are a political hot potato.

]]> 2018-03-13 16:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241489062 Mattia Biondi food idioms https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241491378 As red as a cherry (sei rosso come una ciliegia).
As flat as a pancake (sei piatto come un pancake)

]]> 2018-03-13 16:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241491378 molinari valentina: FOOD IDIOMS https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241537321 meaning: bread and batter
significato: pane e burro significa essere un supporto di base, o meglio dire una fonte di sostenilmento.
ex: he was talking about bread and butter issues
ex: cooking is his bread and butter, he's a chef 

]]> 2018-03-13 17:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241537321 Zenobi Elena: https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241537633 Food idioms
Bad egg   
Essere una persona poco raccomandabile  ]]> 2018-03-13 17:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241537633 Eleonora Guglielmo FOOD IDIOMS: https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241571944 "This is not my cap ofe tea"
Traduzione: "non fa per me"]]> 2018-03-13 18:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241571944 Flavio Santolamazza https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241576079 Food idioms:
- BIG CHEESE

MEANING: To be an important person and to have an important and powerful position in an organization. Very important person (VIP).
SIGNIFICATO: Essere una persona importante. Essere un pezzo grosso. Essere un “VIP”. 
 
EXAMPLE 1: His father is a big cheese in the textile industry.
ESEMPIO 1: Suo padre è un pezzo grosso nell’industria tessile.
EXAMPLE 2: Maire is undoubtedly the big cheese of the Jura wine producers.
ESEMPIO 2: Maire è senza dubbio la più importante dei produttori di vino del Giura.
]]> 2018-03-13 18:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241576079 Eleonora Guglielmo https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241580151 FOOD IDIOMS:
"T have a  bigger fish to fry"
Traduzione:"avere cose più importanti a cui pensare"


]]> 2018-03-13 18:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241580151 giulia_milone06 https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241623905 2018-03-13 20:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241623905 By Milone G. giulia_milone06 https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241625063 :-)]]> 2018-03-13 20:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241625063 giulia_milone06 https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241626011 Translation: I'm going cry over spilled milk, but then I soaked the croissan in it! :-)
By Milone G.]]> 2018-03-13 20:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241626011 Bitter pill to swallow : una cosa molto spiacevole ch e però deve essere accettata https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241628297 Meaning:something that is very unplaessant, but must be accepted
Defeat is a bitter pill to swallow, but only so we improve
Written by Matteo Salmone
]]> 2018-03-13 20:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241628297 https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241630952 2018-03-13 21:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241630952 GINEVRA SCARDIGLI https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241631019 FOOD IDIOMS:
Bring home the bacon
Guadagnarsi da vivere 

Full of beans 
Sentirsi energetico 


]]> 2018-03-13 21:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241631019 Tinosti https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241631721 CARROT TOP
Person with Red or orange hair

BAD EGG 
A person who is often in trouble 

Big cheese
Very important person (vip)

]]> 2018-03-13 21:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/241631721 Hard nut to crack = Qualcosa di estremamente difficile barbarasarrocco https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/242006569  MEANING: difficult to understand
 (often a person)
- To have a hard nut to crack.
-Avere una gatta da pelare.
IN A NUTSHELL: 1 in breve, 2 
In  poche parole, 3 Qualcosa di molto semplice
-In a nutshell, I'm having a bad day



]]> 2018-03-14 17:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/242006569 FREEZE ONE' S BUNS OFF milardid https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/242600981 Meaning: be very cold
"I froze my buns off at the ice rink."
Traduzione: essere molto frettolosi]]> 2018-03-15 21:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/strabbioli2/idioms/wish/242600981