You Are What You Eat Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does You Are What You Eat Idiom mean?

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you are what you eat What does you are what you eat mean?	in order to be fit and healthy you need to eat good food	You are what you eat so you should try to eat healthy food.
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cop out What does "cop out" mean?	to avoid doing something that you were planning to do	My friend copped out from our plan to go to to the beach for the day.

fall for (someone or something) What does "fall for (someone or something)" mean?	to begin to like or love someone or something	The man fell for the woman at the bank but was afraid to ask her for a date.
bow out What does "bow out" mean?	to quit, to resign from something	I wanted to join the tour but at the last minute I had to bow out.
Horse sense What does "Horse sense" mean?	Common sense, able to stand the test of reasonableness.	If your going to spend your time working anyway, it only makes horse sense to get a high paying job. Horses are intelligent animals. They demonstrate the ability to act sensibly and to avoid situations that might cause them harm such as taking a fall, hence good common sense.
love is blind What does "love is blind" mean?	being in love with someone blinds you to his or her bad points	The girl was not very attractive to most people but love is blind and her boyfriend loved her very much.
creature comforts What does "creature comforts" mean?	things that make people comfortable	We had no creature comforts during our trip to South America.
dress (someone) down or dress down (someone) What does "dress (someone) down or dress down (someone)" mean?	to scold someone	The supervisor took the clerk into her office to dress her down.
beat around the bush What does "beat around the bush" mean?	evade an issue; avoid giving a direct answer.	"Quit beating around the bush! If you don'twant to go with me, just tell me!"

stand over (someone or something) What does "stand over (someone or something)" mean?	to watch someone or something closely, to keep checking someone or something all the time	The father stood over his son all day to make sure that he was studying for his final exams.
ahead of one's time What does "ahead of one's time" mean?	ideas or attitudes that are more advanced than those of other people	The ideas of the politician were ahead of his time.
put a product on the map What does "put a product on the map" mean?	to make a product known to the public	We hope that our new advertising campaign will put our product on the map.

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You Are What You Eat Idiom