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food noise

idiom

A mental preoccupation with food that is differentiable from hunger and from cravings but tends to urge people to overeat.


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  1. 01

    Box of toys

    [Cockney slang]noise

    As a box of toys, particularly a new one given as a present at Christmas time, causes a great deal of noise to be made.

  2. 02

    eat one's own dog food

    To use or consume the economic goods or services that one is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.

  3. 03

    food baby

    A protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.

  4. 04

    food chain

    A hierarchy.

  5. 05

    food for thought

    Information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation.

  6. 06

    make a noise in the world

    To attract great notoriety.

  7. 07

    make noise

    To scold, condemn, or criticize very harshly.

  8. 08

    put food on the table

    To provide enough money to cover basic necessities.

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