I love trying new kinds of food. When I was in Malaysia last week, I ate so many new types of interesting food that I came back home more than a kilo heavier! I guess I’ll need to do some extra running this week to work the extra weight off.
While I was browsing the Internet this weekend, this weight-related article from the BBC news website caught my eye.
The first interesting expression in the article is the phrasal verb to ‘burn off‘ energy. This means to use the energy for a physical activity so that is doesn’t turn into fat. You can ‘burn off‘ or ‘burn up‘ fat, too but it’s more difficult than using the calories before they become fat.
There’s another interesting word a little later on, too. The author mentions the Times, which is a famous newspaper in the UK. He also mentions the ‘Grocer‘. A ‘grocer‘ is a person who sells ‘groceries‘ (everyday food) so we can assume the this is some kind of trade magazine for grocers.
The next interesting expression is slightly later on in the article. To ‘sweep something under the carpet‘ means to hide it deliberately.
There are two more great expression in the final paragraph where Tam Fry is quoted saying:
This is not a green light to eat yourself silly,
A ‘green light‘ is when someone gives you permission to do something or says it is OK. To ‘eat yourself silly‘ means to eat an excessive amount. We can use the expression ‘to ______ yourself silly‘ with almost any verb to talk about doing it to excess. For example, ‘to dance yourself silly’.
When was the last time you ate yourself silly?
Today’s image is by Su Yin Khoo.