1. Have a lot on one's plate
盘子里有好多东东?作为一枚吃货，你是不是感觉又能大饱口福了?千万别多想……这个短语实际的意思是指手头有很多事情要做。
例：I've got enough on my plate to keep me busy this summer.
我手头事情好多，这一夏天够我忙活了。
2. Nutty as a fruitcake
Fruitcake除了指水果干果馅料十足的蛋糕，还能表示“蛇精病”……Nutty既可以指“含有干果的”，也用来形容人很古怪。所以看到这个短语，吃货们请hold住口水吧!
例：He's as nutty as a fruitcake.
他这个人古怪得很。
3. Cool as a cucumber
炎炎夏日咬上一口黄瓜真是爽啊!不过，这个短语不是用来形容吃黄瓜的美好体验的，而是指人在紧要时刻，依然很淡定!
例：Even in the emergency, she remained as cool as a cucumber.
即便在非常时刻，她也能十分冷静。
4. Big cheese
看到这个词，你是否脑补出一大块奶酪摆在了你的面前?这里的big cheese不是奶酪，而是指重要的大人物。
例：You'll have to ask the big cheese.
你得问问老大。
5. Salad days
Salad days不是吃沙拉的日子，而是指少不更事的年轻时期。
例：I met her in my salad days.
我在少不更事时遇到了她。
6. pig out 狼吞虎咽、大吃特吃
Would you like to pig out with us tonight ?
今晚想不想跟我们一起去胡吃海喝一顿?
7. eat up 吃光、吃完、尽情吃
You can eat up the rest of the food.
你可以把剩余的食物吃光。
8. eat out 上馆子吃、出去吃饭
It's a good idea to eat out once a while.
隔段时间在外面吃一顿真不错。
9. eat in 在家吃饭
Are you going to eat in or eat out?
你今天打算在家吃饭还是在饭馆吃饭?
10. eat like a bird 吃得很少
Girls always eat like a bird in order to keep a slender figure.
女孩子们吃的很少，为的是保持苗条的身材。
11. grab a bite 随便吃几口垫垫肚子
Let's grab a bite before we go.
走之前咱们先赶紧垫垫肚子吧!
12. I've had enough/I'm full 我吃饱了
I'm full. That big lunch made me sleepy.
我吃饱了，那顿丰盛的午餐使我昏昏欲睡。
13. be on a hunger strike 绝食
The prisoners went on a hunger strike.
犯人们进行绝食抗议。
