G A M E Idioms/Sayings which include a food item
Just an easy game for a bit of fun
Post a short saying/idiom in Spanish followed by its English equivalent, the only requirement is that
it must contain a food item
- in the saying.
Feel free to add pictures!
Here's one to begin:
Spanish Saying:
Eres de mantequilla.
English equivalent:
You're such a crybaby.
31 Answers
The shrimp that falls asleep, gets carried away by the current.
Camáron que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente.
Las penas con pan son menos.
All grief with bread are less. (Food is a comfort)
Eso es harina de otro costal.
That is wheat from a different bag.
(It's a bird of a different feather)
Trato de no meterme por encima de un guiso en los comentarios groseros de mi supervisor.
I try not to get myself into a stew over the rude remarks of my supervisor.
Me importa un pimiento (or rábano, bledo, pepino, comino... etc, etc)
I don't give a damn
Me puse como un flan.
I was so nervous that I started shaking like a jelly.
Es un lobo con piel de cordero.
English equivalent expression: He's a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Que no comes el coco
Stop worrying about it
¡El primero consigue la ostra, el segundo la concha!
( The first gets the oyster, the second the shell! )
In the shake of a lambs tail.
En un dos por tres.
Champagne taste and Beer income.
Los gustos de un rico con los ingresos de un pobre.
El pan es el sostén de la vida.
Bread is the staff of life.
Good wine, good vinegar.
El buen vinagre del buen vino sale.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
La rama no cae lejos del árbol. Spanish eqivelant.is the branch does not fall far from the tree.,
La prueba está en el pudín.
The proof is in the pudding.
