toss one's cookies
Meaning: To vomit.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “The boat rocked so much that half the tour group tossed their cookies.”
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: American slang, with "cookies" standing jokingly for whatever was eaten. It is recorded from the early 20th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- Polish: pojechać do Rygi — literally: to go to Riga
More idioms — Food & Drink
- manna from heaven — Something good that arrives unexpectedly just when it is needed.
- cook the books — To falsify figures, especially accounts.
- like chalk and cheese — Completely different, though perhaps similar at first glance.
- teach your grandmother to suck eggs — To give advice to someone who knows far more than you.
- make a hash of something — To do something very badly.
- Tomber dans les pommes — Suddenly losing consciousness — possibly derived from the older expression 'être dans les…
More English idioms
- put on a brave face — To look cheerful or confident while feeling otherwise.
- throw up one's hands — To show that one gives up, in despair or frustration.
- make someone's life hell — To make someone very unhappy for a long time.
- sweep something under the rug — To hide a problem instead of dealing with it.
- push up daisies — To be dead and buried.
- lose one's head — To stop thinking clearly because of panic, anger or passion.
From our compliments & insults
- Золотые руки (Zolotye ruki) — You're wonderfully skilled with your hands — a true master at making and fixing things.
- Χρυσό μου (Chrysó mou) — My darling — a tender term of endearment.
- Sei un fenomeno — You're amazing — exceptionally good at what you do.