Edible idioms

Clotilde from the Chocolate and Zucchini blog has been doing an interesting series of posts on food-related French idiomatic expressions... there are many of these, and they usually designate things that have nothing to do with eating! A few examples from her
"Edible idiom" archive:

• Mi-figue mi-raisin - literally "half-fig, half-grape", figuratively "ambiguous"
• Couper la poire en deux - literally "to cut the pear in two", figuratively "to compromise"
• S'occuper de ses oignons - literally "to look after one's onions", figuratively "to mind one's own business"

Beyond the translation, she's actually explaining the origin of these expressions; it's a fun read. I'm a bit of a language geek and love how idioms reflect a culture, history and way of thinking. Not surprising that food would be ubiquitous in French!