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| have a sweet tooth like sweets, chocolates and other sugary food When I was young I had a really sweet tooth but now I like savoury food much more. be a piece of cake be very easy I thought the exam was going to be very difficult but it turned out to be a piece of cake. I got 98%! the icing on the cake the best thing about a very positive experience We had a fantastic holiday in New York. We went to Central Park and saw the Statue of Liberty too but the icing on the cake was sitting in a cafe right next to Al Pacino. It was amazing to be so close to such a famous actor! takes the biscuit most annoying or shocking example of something I've heard your excuses for being late a million times but this one really does take the biscuit! have your cake and eat it have or do two good things that it is usually impossible to have or do at the same time You can't have your cake and eat it too. You can't go out having fun every night of the week and then get good marks in your exams. If you really want to go to university, you're going to have to do a lot more studying. |
| food miles the distance food travels from where it is produced to where it is eaten or sold These pineapples come from Brazil. I know you love them but do you ever think they've travelled more than 1500 food miles to get to your kitchen? a foodie (informal) a person who likes food, enjoys cooking and talking about and tasting new types of food He's a real foodie. He's always tying out new recipes and talking about which new restaurants he's been to. food for thought something that makes you think seriously or a lot about a particular topic The politicians gave us a lot of food for thought about how each of us can help the economy. |
| home cooking food that's made at home (rather than in a restaurant) resist stop yourself from doing something that you want to do dumplings small parcels of meat and vegetables covered with dough (flour and water mixed together) treacle sponge sweet dish made of eggs, flour, sugar and a sweet dark thick liquid undoing the cause of someone's failure, or of their lack of will power scales short for weighing scales, a piece of equipment you can use to find out how much you weigh wants a word wants to have a short conversation |
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