Sprüche übers Essen - Food Idioms Teil 3

spill the beans

Ein Geheimnis weitersagen

Beispiel:

Please don’t spill the beans about my plans to quit working and go back to school

next year.

stew in one’s own juice

etwas erleiden, was man sich selbst zuzuschreiben hat

Beispiel:

He is the one who caused the problem for himself and is now being forced to stew in his own juice.

take with a pinch of salt

etwas nur teilweise glauben

Beispiel:

You should take everything that he says with a pinch of salt as everyone knows that he likes to exaggerate things when he is speaking.

hot potato

kontrovers

Beispiel:

The issue of building the nuclear power plant is a real hot potato for the local town council