English Idioms: Carry the ball

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Cool as a cucumber
Meaning: Very calm.
Example: It’s amazing that he never shows his emotions even when he has a lot of problems. He’s cool as a cucumber.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Chew the fat
Meaning: To waste time talking or to chat idly.
Example: As she had nothing to do, she wasted time chewing the fat with the neighbor.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Chew the cud
Meaning: The idiom chew the cud means to ponder over or meditate about something; to think carefully about something. Cud refers to the food regurgitated from the stomach to the mouth of a ruminant animal such as a cow and chewed again.
Example: She wanted to chew the cud before she could let them know about her decision.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Fall prey to
Meaning: (Also fall victim to) to become a victim.
Example: When she married him, she fell prey to his greed.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Couch potato
Meaning: Lazy person.
Example: He is a couch potato.

English Idioms About “Food”
Idiom: Carrot and stick
Meaning: An offer involving a reward countered by the threat of punishment.
Example: The president took a carrot and stick approach to the protests against his new laws.