Translation of English words about food! Enter the experts!

1. Give it to me in a nutshell(I don't have much time.)

In a nutshell, in a nutshell,

What In a nutshell? It's nuts.

Give me something real, quick.

2 Let us chew the fat a while.

Let us gossip for a while.

3 Don't cry over spilled milk.

Don't cry over spilled milk. Regret is of no use.

4 You are full of beans tonight!

You are so high tonight. full of beans has energy.

5 He is a bad egg.

He is not a good thing.

6 You'd better take what she says with a grain of salt.

You'd better not believe what she says.

7 She is the apple of his eye.

He likes her very much.

8 They are the cream of the crop.

They are the best, the best.

9 I know you are a big potato.

I know you are average. A potato refers to a person who has nothing special about him.

10 You can't have your cake and eat it.

You can't have your cake and eat it. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

11 The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The quality of the pudding can only be verified by eating.

12 The joke is in us, a very sour joke indeed.

This joke is in us, a very sour joke indeed.

This joke is in us, and it is not a very funny joke.

13 The tax represents a real bite out of our wages.

The tax erodes our income.