FOOD – INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ALL THE WAY with everything on it, as with a hamburger → Amer. sl.
► GRUB UP! the food is ready, time to eat! → 1957 colloq.
► I LIKE IT, BUT IT DOESN’T LIKE ME refers to food or drink that, while delicious, has a deleterious effect on the consumer → L19 sl.
► OFF YOUR OATS off your food → 1890 UK sl.
► PUT HAIR ON YOUR CHEST a quality ascribed to an alcoholic drink or, when encouraging a child to eat, used of food, esp. crusts and Brussels sprouts; also applied to robust or challenging questions of aesthetic taste or preference → 1964 UK sl.
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