Comfort food (used as a noun)
Context #1 A teacher and his student talkingTeacher: What’s wrong Tatiana? Tatiana: I have been feeling a little down recently and last night I went to a Russian restaurant near my apartment. Teacher: I hope you had a great time. Did you eat anything good? Tatiana: Yeah, that’s the problem. Since I was missing home […]
Scarf Down
Context #1: The most embarrassing thing happened to me yesterday at lunch. My problems started in the morning. I forgot to set my alarm and woke up late, so had to rush out of the house without breakfast. By lunchtime, I was so hungry! I scarfed down my lunch like I hadn’t eaten in days! The embarrassing […]
Food Coma
Read this thank you note and try to guess the meaning of the idiom in bold: What do you think the idiom food coma means? A. The state of foods, especially vegetables, that are nearly dead before being completely cooked or ingested. B. Feeling very tired and sleepy shortly after eating a big meal. C. A punctuation mark in the shape of […]
