boil the pot

boil the pot

To make a dinner that involves boiling food. Primarily heard in US. I already boiled the pot, so we can eat shortly. I just need to get all the meat and vegetables onto plates.
See also: boil, pot
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • boil up
  • be pot luck
  • up pot
  • up-pot
  • the pot
  • pot
  • for the pot
  • pot up
  • potted
  • sugar off
References in periodicals archive
Mrs Patterson from Durham asked: "Where does the expression 'potboiler' comes from?'' Anne Speed of Newcastle answered: "Potboiler originated in the 1860s from the phrase 'boil the pot' which meant to provide one's livelihood."
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Whoever said that beauty doesn't boil the pot (of gold) simply didn't know what they were talking about...
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