These will be useful to know if you ever happen to have dinner with English natives:
TUCK IN (=start eating/serve yourself - informal and polite)
- OK guys, dinner is served. We have a lot of salads on the table to choose from so take a spoon and tuck in.🍴
❗ Synonyms: DIG IN, HELP YOURSELF, DIVE IN
PIPING HOT (=very hot)💥
- Mind the potatoes as they're piping hot. You don't want to get burned, again!
STONE COLD (=very cold)⛄
- Oh bollocks, the chicken is stone cold. Sorry guys, my mistake. Forgot to cook it. Ambulance anyone?
TO PASS SMTH (=hand something to someone)
- Mum, this dish lacks something. Could you pass the salt please? And pepper? Actually mum, could you pass the phone so I can order pizza instead?
HELPING (= a portion)
- Ah we have an American guest, so he might want an extra helping of fries the size of which could feed a family of 20.
SECONDS (= to have more food after you have finished)
- Oh this raw chicken was divine! Could i have seconds, please?
TO BE EXCUSED (= to ask permission to leave the table)🙏
- Can i be excused for a minute? I need to go and be sick.
TO GET DOWN FROM THE TABLE (=to leave the table, usually said by kids)
- Daddy, i can't eat any more. Can I get down from the table and go and watch TV?
TO PLAY WITH (=have a bad reaction to)😷
- Oh no cucumbers for me. They play merry hell with my stomach! You'd be cleaning up a huge mess...
DON'T AGREE WITH ME (=something can make you ill, very polite)🤢
- Oh sorry but grechka doesn't really agree with me. Can i have fries instead?
MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHEF (= what we say at the end of a meal to express our thanks)
That was DIVINE/DELICIOUS/SCRUMPTIOUS/SO TASTY/MOREISH/TO DIE FOR/SECOND TO NONE👏🏻
That was PUTRID/REVOLTING/DISGUSTING/RANCID/A BIT SHORT OF THE MARK!👎🏻
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