Can You Ace More Than 15 of These Everyday Phrases? (If So, Your Vocab Crushes 95% of People)

Ever serve up a classic phrase like “barking up the wrong tree” only to watch your friends look at you like you've got spinach in your teeth? My best pal does this constantly—they're like a walking recipe book of old idioms, throwing out expressions that leave me secretly searching my phone under the dinner table. It made me wonder: how many of these everyday kitchen-staple phrases do we actually keep in our mental pantries? I've definitely mixed up a few ingredients myself (is it really “spill the tea,” or are we brewing something else?). Here is your invitation to show off your verbal seasoning! We will dish out a definition, then hand over a phrase with a few ingredients missing—your job is to fill in the blanks. Complete more than 15 of these correctly, and you’ll place in the top 5% of elite word chefs. Ready to test your recipe recall? Let's turn up the heat and see what you can whip up!