Posts tagged To grab a bite
You eat like a bird
11/18/2012
by Culips
in Catch Word
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Eating is something people do every day, so there are tons of expressions about it. In this episode, we talk about the amount that people eat. Sometimes we have big appetites and other times we don’t want to eat much. Sometimes our eyes are bigger than our stomachs and we make so much food that we can’t eat it all. By the end of this episode, you’ll probably want a snack.
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| Maura: | Now that we’ve talked about not eating very much, let’s look at some expressions that have to do with eating a whole bunch of food. |
| Harp: | This is much more like me. |
| Maura: | The next expression is to eat like a horse. |
| Harp: | Yes. To eat like a horse. |
| Maura: | And this makes sense because a horse is a pretty big animal, so we can imagine that it must need to eat a lot because it’s so big. |
| Harp: | Yup. And it seems like horses are just eating all the time. |
| Maura: | That’s true. You always see their mouths moving and chewing and chomping. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| To eat like a bird | To nibble |
| To take food to go | A buffet |
| To see | To eat like a horse |
| Didn’t you just go a couple of days ago? | To go through a phase |
| To grab a bite | To build up an appetite |
| My eyes are bigger than my stomach | To finish your plate |
| Leftovers |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Image: Cheez Burger
Listen to Natural English Conversation: We’re cooking up a storm
09/23/2012
by Culips
in Chatterbox
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Everybody eats! That’s probably why we have so many expressions related to cooking and food. This episode is about filling our bellies with square meals and going back for seconds. Harp and Maura love to eat, but before you can eat, someone has to prepare the food! In this episode, the hosts share their own styles of cooking and talk about some of their best recipes. Listening to this one will make you hungry!
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| Harp: | Sometimes I’m just kind of lazy or sometimes I just don’t have enough time to cook a good square meal. |
| Maura: | Right. A square meal. Sounds really funny, like the meal should be in the shape of a square, but that’s not what it means. |
| Harp: | No. A good square meal is a good, healthy, filling meal. |
| Maura: | Right. A kind of meal, like you said, that is healthy and makes you feel really full and satisfied after you eat it. |
| Harp: | Exactly. I think of some home cooking, either some chilli maybe or a nice chicken dish, something filling and healthy. |
| Maura: | And I think a square meal would also include food from the four food groups. So you maybe would have a little bit of meat and then you would have some fruit and vegetable, and dairy. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| To cook up a storm | To be filling |
| A square meal | The four food groups |
| A happy camper | To have seconds |
| Leftovers | Home ec |
| To break something up | A cooking machine |
| You’re making me blush | To make something from scratch |
| To grab a bite |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Image: Double Translate
Culips English learning podcast is for people who want to have fun while learning natural, everyday English, focusing on idioms, expressions, and slang. Every week we have a new, free audio episode available on our site and through our website, iTunes and Stitcher. In all our episodes, we always speak English as it’s actually used in day-to-day life, and we give you plenty of explanations of new or interesting terms along the way. Learn to speak English like a native speaker by listening to natural conversation.
