everything tastes of porridge

everything tastes of porridge

No matter how lost one gets in fantasy, the reality of day-to-day life (here represented by "porridge") is always present and cannot be ignored. Just remember, future Broadway star, that everything tastes of porridge.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • hands-on
  • day to day
  • day-to-day
  • life after (something)
  • just another day at the office
  • fight fires
  • from day to day
  • make a day of (doing something)
  • make a day of doing
  • make a day of it