cook up a storm: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKglobalinformalcolloquial
    • To prepare a large quantity of food with vigor and enthusiasm.
    • To cook with notable skill, energy, or inventiveness.

    Examples

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    • At the family reunion, grandma cooked up a storm, preparing enough food to feed an army.

      En la reunión familiar, la abuela cocinó una tormenta, preparando suficiente comida para alimentar a un ejército.

    • Whenever Lisa gets inspired, she cooks up a storm in the kitchen, experimenting with new recipes all day.

      Cuando Lisa se inspira, cocina una tormenta en la cocina, experimentando con nuevas recetas todo el día.

    • We cooked up a storm last weekend to celebrate the holiday with a big feast.

      Cocinamos una tormenta el fin de semana pasado para celebrar las fiestas con un gran banquete.

  • 2.

    USUKglobalinformalcolloquialmetaphorical
    • To produce or generate something intensively and energetically (e.g., ideas, projects), by extension of the culinary sense.

    Examples

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    • The design team cooked up a storm brainstorming ideas for the new product launch.

      El equipo de diseño cocinó una tormenta al generar ideas para el lanzamiento del nuevo producto.

    • During the hackathon, developers cooked up a storm, producing several innovative apps overnight.

      Durante el hackathon, los desarrolladores cocinaron una tormenta, produciendo varias aplicaciones innovadoras durante la noche.

    • She's always cooking up a storm when it comes to marketing strategies that really engage customers.

      Ella siempre cocina una tormenta cuando se trata de estrategias de marketing que realmente atraen a los clientes.

Examples:

  • EN: If you guys are staying, we'll buy food, you'll cook up a storm.
    ES: Podríamos salir a caminar. Ir de compras. Podrías cocinar algo delicioso.
  • EN: I'm sure you'll cook up a storm.
    ES: Estoy seguro que cocinarás una tormenta.
  • EN: It's kind of small but I can cook up a storm.
    ES: Es pequeña, pero puedo cocinar de todo.
  • EN: Mmm. You always could cook up a storm, Unc.
    ES: Siempre supiste cocinar, tío.
  • EN: "After a long, hard day at work, I stand in front of the stove and cook up a storm.
    ES: "Luego de un día de arduo trabajo, cociné un banquete frente al fuego.
  • EN: I can cook up a storm.
    ES: Puedo guisar. Puedo preparar una tormenta.
  • EN: Right, let's go cook up a storm.
    ES: - Bueno, vamos a cocinar.
  • EN: Tamannaah Bhatia added, "But yes, I like to cook up a storm in the kitchen every now and then for my loved ones in my spare time.
    HI: उसने कहाः "लेकिन हाँ, मुझे अपने खाली समय में अपने प्रियजनों के लिए कभी-कभार रसोई में एक तूफानी खाना बनाने में मज़ा आता है।
  • EN: The theme of the show watching her mother cook up a storm.
    HI: माँ को मूतते हूए देखा
  • EN: And I'm with you, the cold weather makes me cook up a storm!
    HI: तेरे मिलन की शीत-प्यास से,मैं आया हूँ शरद-ऋतू बन. . . !
  • EN: Teddies from each group waited eagerly for him to cook up a storm!
    HI: प्यासी निगाहों ने हर पल उनका दीदार माँगा !
  • EN: Let your child's imagination run wild as they cook up a storm.
    HI: गुनगुना रह जाने पर अपने बच्चे को पिलाएं।
  • EN: In the kitchen, you can cook up a storm with the newer cabinets.
    HI: छोटी शाखाओं के साथ रसोई में आप एक फूल के बर्तन को सजा सकते हैं।
  • EN: With the advent of The Food Network, learning to cook up a storm has never been easier.
    HI: खाना पकाना सीखना इससे आसान कभी नहीं था
  • EN: Lana knows how to cook up a storm.
    HI: लैटिना लड़की एक मुर्गा चूसना कैसे जानता है

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