Meaning of whatever sizzles your bacon | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of whatever floats your boat.

Examples

“Do what you feel like, and hope that it sticks. If it doesn’t, throw it again. Maybe it sticks the next time over. And if it doesn’t, who cares? It’s just one insignificant life wasted in the vast ocean of lives all around. Whatever floats your boat, whatever melts your butter, whatever humps your camel, whatever sizzles your bacon, whatever tickles your pickle…”

“‘[…] We’ll have a big night out. Whole office. All on me. You make the arrangements.’ / ‘Er . . . what sort of arrangements?’ / ‘What sort of arrangements? Hey, you’re the content guy, right?’ / ‘Er, right.’ Taras said. / ‘So then. Whatever you guys like doing. Whatever sizzles your bacon.[…]’”

“‘We’re looking forward to having him. He’s top of his class in the junior school.’ / ‘Well, if I had my way, he’d be going somewhere else – somewhere that still plays rugby. But his mother thinks this place would be better for his education. It’s, like, whatever sizzles your bacon.’”

“They [dragons] gather here each night at 9 o’clock. One last moonlit flight before turning in for the night. Helps them relax, they say. I myself prefer a good jog, but whatever sizzles your bacon, right?”

“"I was wondering if you would let me maybe do a little baking and, ah, cooking, and maybe some… decorating?" I asked, each word more and more hesitant than the last. / "Babe, whatever sizzles your bacon. Do it up. But you gotta make enough cookies for me.[…]"”

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