knife and fork
Steak-eating pair
Knife and fork refers to the basic Western eating utensils as a pair, often representing the act of eating itself or table manners generally.
Someone who is all knife and fork eats eagerly.
A knife-and-fork question is a practical matter of how one makes a living.
The phrase sometimes distinguishes formal dining from finger food or chopsticks.
- place settingArranged utensils for dining
- table settingArranged dinnerware for one
- set the tableArrange dishes before eating
- eating utensilsHandheld tools for meals
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
silverware · stainless steel · table manners · slicing · serving · scooping · spearing · proper grip · family meals · meat and potatoes · casual dining · dinner table · Sunday dinner · formal dining · hand positioning · right-handed · utensils · napkin folding
knife and forkchopsticks
Paired wooden eating implements
bare hands · fingers · hands · finger food · hand-to-mouth
knife, fork, knives, forks, knifed, knifing, forked, forking