Idiom | Meaning |
"Don't put all your loaves in one basket" | Don't rely only on one option |
"Cut the wheat from the chaff" | Separate what's important from things that are useless. |
"Making flour without a millstone" | Putting a great deal of effort into a futile task |
"Harvesting the wheat before building the silo" | Doing things in the wrong order |
"Half a loaf is better than none" | Don't complain about what you have |
"Bread and butter" | The necessities of life |
"Warm as toast" | Something that's comforting and pleasant |
"Letting the donkey thresh the wheat" | Avoiding work |
"Making rye out of mud" | Cutting corners |
"Green barley" | Beginner's luck |
"Scoring flat dough" | Doing something too early |
"A good first harvest" | Good fortune, relief at something going well |
"Tilling a rocky field" | A challenge, undertaking a difficult task |
"Not for all the bread in Losan" | No price is high enough to do something |
"All I need is yesterday's bread" | To live frugally |
"A farmer's toss" | A short distance away |
"Don't count the loaves before cutting the dough" | Don't be so certain about the outcome |
"A fresh loaf" | Something really positive |
"Throwing away the heel" | Being wasteful |
"Don't scream at chaff" | Don't overreact |
"The bread is in the oven" | Everything is as it should be |
"Planting at first light" | Being an overachiever |
"Throwing out the seeds with the sand" | Discarding something valuable |
"Crammed like rolls in a sack" | To not have enough space, to be in very close physical proximity with others |
"Rising with the morning dough" | To wake up early |
"A gift of sweet braids" | A generous act |
"Feeding burnt bread to the pigs" | Making the best of bad circumstances |
"Buying unstamped bread" | Making risky choices |
"Pound flour" | Go away |
"Adding sand to the flour" | Making things worse |
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