Meaning of cook up a storm | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To do a large amount of cooking at once; to prepare a great deal of cooked food.
   informal
2. To cause a storm (weather phenomenon).
3. To create a stormy situation; agitate or enrage.
   figuratively
4. To make a big fuss, generate a lot of unnecessary talk or activity; make a scene.
   idiomatic
5. To make a splash; to create a spectacle.

Examples

“When I started to lose weight, she started cooking up a storm.”

“Karen and Dan luxuriated in the outdoors, and Carrie, too, enjoyed being in a house — small as it was — and cooking up a storm for us.”

“"Sounds like it's cooking up a storm outside." Jennifer nodded.”

“In the time of the Armada the British witches got together and cooked up a storm. They did it again when Hitler was on the way.”

“I briefly wondered if Saint Dane could possibly cook 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.”

“Given this information, my imagination was cooking up a storm of other disrupting possibilities. I slept badly and woke up sick to my stomach.”

“Air and water can cook up a storm if left too much to their own devices.”

“Love and fear were now dehumanised products, trapped beneath his skin but cooking up a storm inside.”

“It was clear that Destiny's kindness to Tep, was cooking up a storm of jealousy and anger inside Sou.”

“Domestic disputes are common with this card, as are petty arguments, aggravations, or things spoken in anger. Rod is largely inflammatory in effect and cooks up a storm over time, like when a person finally snaps after repeated criticism.”

“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 storm and lead us on.”

“Iranians cook up a storm in 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.”

“Well the weather is similar, the hot dang LLVs are still cooking up a storm yet 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.”

“If she was mad at me, she'd frown, stomp around a lot, cook up a storm, then talk when she'd calmed down.”

“The British, by this time ensconced in Batavia, cooked up a storm of manufactured outrage in response and despatched a fleet to Palembang.”

“Kaffe is really cooking up a storm here, with polychromatic fireworks in shimmering primaries exploding and rioting all over the canvas.”

“A Rogers original, Short Stop has the sax section led by Bill Perkins cooking up a storm.”

“Well, if that's the way it is, I won't ask for further details. Would you like to cook up a storm on the dance floor with me?”

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