cook up a storm

Language: en

Meaning: (informal)To do a large amount ofcookingat once; to prepare a great deal of cookedfood.1997, Susan Merrell,The Accidental Bond:When I started to lose weight, she startedcooking up a storm.2005, Sondra Gorney,Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?: The Life of Composer Jay Gorney,→ISBN:Karen and Dan luxuriated in the outdoors, and Carrie, too, enjoyed being in a house — small as it was — andcooking up a stormfor us.; Tocauseastorm(weather phenomenon).1996, B. J. Hoff,Storm at Daybreak,→ISBN, page168:"Sounds like it'scooking up a stormoutside." Jennifer nodded.2004, Jack Fritscher, Anton Szandor La Vey,Popular Witchcraft: Straight from the Witch's Mouth,→ISBN, page101:In the time of the Armada the British witches got together andcooked up a storm. They did it again when Hitler was on the way.2012, D.J. MacHale,Pendragon Books 6-10,→ISBN:I briefly wondered if Saint Dane could possiblycook up a storm, but decided that as powerful as this guy was, he did have his limits. I didn't think he could change the weather.; (figurative)To create astormysituation;agitateorenrage.2009, John Cowan,Hawk Rising: Soaring on the Wings of Desire,→ISBN, page11:Given this information, my imagination wascooking up a stormof other disrupting possibilities. I slept badly and woke up sick to my stomach.2012, Demian Allan,The Astrological Dynamics of the Universe,→ISBN, page42:Air and water cancook up a stormif left too much to their own devices.2013, Jessica Thompson,Three Little Words: They mean so much,→ISBN:Love and fear were now dehumanised products, trapped beneath his skin butcooking up a storminside.2014, Curt Soul,Tep - The Journey Begins,→ISBN:It was clear that Destiny's kindness to Tep, wascooking up a stormof jealousy and anger inside Sou.2014, Caitlín Matthews,The Complete Lenormand Oracle Handbook,→ISBN:Domestic disputes are common with this card, as are petty arguments, aggravations, or things spoken in anger. Rod is largely inflammatory in effect andcooks up a stormover time, like when a person finally snaps after repeated criticism.2015, Kate Bruce,Igniting the Heart: Preaching and Imagination,→ISBN, page188:Have we the wisdom to pray for a storm and for the faith to ride it out with Christ? Perhaps we lack courage - but it's worth remembering that a calm life can be boring, dull, predictable and empty, and storms can be exciting, wild, energizing, invigorating and transforming. Jesus –cook up a stormand lead us on.; (idiomatic)To make a bigfuss, generate a lot ofunnecessarytalkoractivity;make a scene.1986,Africa Special Report: Bulletin of the Institute of African American Relations, page51:Iranianscook up a stormin Harare: Iran's President Ali Khamenei, on the final leg of a six-nation tour in mid- January, became embroiled in what the Zimbabwe Herald termed an "unprecedented diplomatic incident" when he refused to attend a banquet held in his honor by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe.2001,The Postal Record - Volume 114, page49:Well the weather is similar, the hot dang LLVs are stillcooking up a stormyet we hardly get the old Hill Street Blues adage of "Let's be careful out there" and any form of liquid is noticable[sic]by its absence.2013, Nicola Marsh,Banish,→ISBN:If she was mad at me, she'd frown, stomp around a lot,cook up a storm, then talk when she'd calmed down.2015, Tim Hannigan,Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis,→ISBN:The British, by this time ensconced in Batavia,cooked up a stormof manufactured outrage in response and despatched a fleet to Palembang.; Tomake a splash; to create aspectacle.1991,Fruits of the Earth: Flowers and Fruit in Needlepoint, page86:Kaffe is reallycooking up a stormhere, with polychromatic fireworks in shimmering primaries exploding and rioting all over the canvas.1991,Rapport - Volume 16, Issues 3-17, page49:A Rogers original, Short Stop has the sax section led by Bill Perkinscooking up a storm.2017, Mila Summers,Wake Me with a Kiss,→ISBN:Well, if that's the way it is, I won't ask for further details. Would you like tocook up a stormon the dance floor with me?

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

Note: the examples for non latin scripts have a high likelihood of mistakes, we do not own any of this data and it is sourced from Wiktionary, the NLLB database and Opensubtitles. Please help us improve this by contributing correct examples. We will be working to fix this issue over time however it is a bigger issue due to the the difficulties in dealing with non latin scripts and grammatical structures(non-romantic/european languages have lower resources as well ).

Validation Count: 0

Sourced from Wiktionary