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eat one's own dog foodTo use or consume the economic goods or services that oneself is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.Rate it:

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food babyA protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.Rate it:

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food chainThe feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.Rate it:

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food chainA hierarchy.Rate it:

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eat one's own dog foodTo test the beta programs that are in the test phase on one's own computers; to dogfood.Rate it:

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food for thoughtsomething worth contemplatingRate it:

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Food for ThoughtA thought provoking idea, or considerable thing or matterRate it:

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put food on the tableTo provide enough money to cover basic necessities.Rate it:

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worm foodOne or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.Rate it:

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chicken feedFood given to poultry.Rate it:

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double dippingObtaining money from two sources at the same time. Dipping your food into a sauce, eating a portion of that food then re-dipping that food into the sauce.Rate it:

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flat outCompletely out of something such as; energy, food or money. Basically to be out of any kind of product.Rate it:

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lunch ladysomeone who feeds people foodRate it:

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morsel troveFood blog nameRate it:

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roach coachWhimsically, a catering or food truck.Rate it:

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Sling HashTo serve as a waiter or waitress in small cheap restaurant and serving inexpensive and inelegant foodRate it:

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suck hind titTo feed from an inferior source of food.Rate it:

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gulp downTo eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.Rate it:

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blow chunksTo vomit chunks of undigested food.Rate it:

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dish upTo serve cooked food.Rate it:

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put byTo preserve food by canning, freezing, drying, etc.Rate it:

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shelf-stableIn food processing and packaging, a product that requires refrigeration after, but not prior to, opening.Rate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your stomachTo take more food on one's plate than one can eat; Also and more often said "your eyes are bigger than your, belly"Rate it:

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an explosion of flavor!The reaction of the taste buds and the associated explosion of pleasant, sweet, toothsome, rewarding, overwhelming pleasurable response to food, drink or sweetmeats, desserts etc.Rate it:

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Hit the SpotRelated to food or drink something that refreshes you and satisfy your taste budsRate it:

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polish offTo finish (complete) something (like food).Rate it:

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potluckQuaint {American ?} social gathering, mayhaps hosted by an entity. Attendees bring 'dish to pass'; {Luck of Pot} 'Purpose'; Good Food, Goodwill, Good-Gab:Rate it:

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warm upTo reheat food.Rate it:

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cookedOf food, that has been prepared by cooking.Rate it:

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hunger is a good sauce(dated) Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food.1854, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman, Punch, Vol. XXVI, Punch Publications Ltd., page 74:His bread and cheese were somewhat dry, to be sure; his ale had become flat, and considerably warmer than was desirable; but hunger is a good sauce, and thirst is not particular.Rate it:

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breakfast of championsAn ironic appellation for beer, junk food, or other foods implied to be unhealthy.Rate it:

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bun fightA formal party or other social gathering, especially one at which food is served.Rate it:

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burn to a crispTo burn very badly (usually in reference to food).Rate it:

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chopped liverA Jewish food made by frying liver and onions in schmaltz.Rate it:

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cibum apponere, ponere alicuito set food before a person.Rate it:

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cibum concoquere, conficereto digest food.Rate it:

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cibum sumere, capereto take food.Rate it:

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consume mass quantitiesTo eat or drink abundant amounts of food or beverage.Rate it:

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cookA person who prepares food for a living.Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo do a large amount of cooking at once; to prepare a great deal of cooked food.Rate it:

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difficultas annonae (Imp. Pomp. 15. 44)want of corn; scarcity in the corn-market.Rate it:

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Dutch TreatOne pays for oneself for food and entertainment on any social event/occasionRate it:

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eat like a horseto consume a large amount of foodRate it:

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eat someone out of house and homeTo consume such a portion of one's store of food that little is left for the owner.Rate it:

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eat your face offto eat huge quantities of delicious food for the pure joy of eatingRate it:

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fanum taxWhen someone takes a bite of your food.Rate it:

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farm to tableconstituting, consisting of, or relating to fresh locally grown or produced food.Rate it:

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feed a cold, starve a feverEating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.Rate it:

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feedbagVulgarization for; a meal, food, something to eat.Rate it:

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festive boardEuropean reference to softwood-trenchers; {Early tableware was a wide softwood plank carved with shallow indentations for various food servings: When filled with appetizing, sumptuous portions it was referred, Festive BoardRate it:

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